Upgrading Windows Server 2008 Foundation To Windows Server 2008 Standard; Windows Server 2008 Foundation Features - HP 124708-001 - ProLiant Cluster - 1850 Implementation Manual

Upgrading Windows Server 2008 Foundation to Windows Server 2008
Standard
Microsoft supports upgrading Windows Server 2008 Foundation to Windows Server 2008 Standard.
Microsoft does not support upgrades from the following OSs to Windows Server 2008 Foundation:
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Server 2000
• Windows Server 2003
The following restrictions apply to upgrades:
• Cross-architecture (for example, x86 to x64) and cross-language upgrades are not supported.
• There are no supported upgrade paths for Windows Server 2008 Foundation to Itanium-Based
Systems edition or Windows Web Server 2008 edition.
• Cross-language upgrades are not supported.
Table 1. Comparison of Windows Server 2008 Foundation to other editions of Windows Server 2008
Feature
x86 Sockets
x64 Sockets
RAM
Failover Cluster Nodes
Network Access Connections
(RRAS)
Network Access Connections
(NPS)
Terminal Services Gateway
Connections

Windows Server 2008 Foundation features

Table 2 details the key features for Windows Server 2008 Foundation.
Table 2. Windows Server 2008 Foundation configuration details
Feature Description
Supported users Windows Server 2008 Foundation supports a maximum of 15 user accounts. Each user
account permits one user, using any device, to access and use the server software.
x64 Sockets Servers that support x64 connections can install and run Windows Server 2008
Foundation.
x86 Sockets Windows Server 2008 Foundation is a 64-bit system and does not support 32-bit socket
connections.
Foundation Server Standard Server
0 4
1 4
8 GB 32 GB
0 0
50 250
10 50
50 250
Web Server Enterprise Server
4 8
4 8
32 GB 2 TB
0 16
0 Unlimited
0 Unlimited
0 Unlimited