SECURITY FEATURES AND OTHER FEATURES OF WINDOWS CLIENTS AND SERVERS

Security features and Other features of Windows Clients and Servers

security features

	Resource access control	Subsystem isolation mechanisms	Integrated firewall	Encrypted file systems	Defender	Windows Hello
Windows 2000	ACLs		TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes (NTFS only)	No	No
Windows XP	ACLs	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall (from SP2), TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes (NTFS only)	Optional	No
Windows Server 2003	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Optional	No
Windows Vista	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	No
Windows Server 2008	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	No
Windows 7	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	No
Windows Server 2012	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	No
Windows 8	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	No
Windows Server 2012 R2	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	No
Windows 8.1	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	No
Windows 10	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	Yes
Windows Server 2016	ACLs, Privileges, RBAC	Win32 Window Station, Desktop, Job objects	Windows Firewall, TCP/IP Filtering, IPSec	Yes	Yes	?

Other Features

Version	Shell	Visual styles	Browser	Web server	Windows Media Player	Command-line interpreter
Windows 1.0	MS-DOS executive	(Unnamed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Windows 2.0	MS-DOS executive	(Unnamed)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Windows 3.0	Program Manager	(Unnamed)	N/A	N/A	3.0 (Multimedia Extension edition only)	N/A
Windows 3.1x	Program Manager	(Unnamed)	N/A	N/A	3.1	N/A
Windows 95	Windows shell	Classic	Internet Explorer 2 in OSR1 Internet Explorer 3 in OSR2 and OSR2.1 Internet Explorer 4 in OSR2.5	N/A	4.0	COMMAND.COM
Windows NT 4.0	Windows shell	Classic	Internet Explorer 2	PWS	4.0	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE
Windows 98	Windows shell	Classic	Internet Explorer 4.01	PWS	4.0	COMMAND.COM
Windows 98 SE	Windows shell	Classic	Internet Explorer 5	PWS	4.0	COMMAND.COM
Windows 2000	Windows shell	Classic	Internet Explorer 5.01	IIS 5.0	5.0 and 6.4 (side by side)	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE
Windows Me	Windows shell	Classic	Internet Explorer 5.5	N/A	6.4 and 7.0 (side by side)	COMMAND.COM
Windows XP	Windows shell	Luna (default), Classic	Internet Explorer 6	IIS 5.1	5.1, 6.4 and 8 (in RTM) 5.1, 6.4 and 9 (in SP1)	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell (optional)
Windows Server 2003	Windows shell	Classic (default), Luna	6.0	IIS 6.0	9, 10	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell (optional)
Windows Vista	Windows shell	Aero (default), Classic	Internet Explorer 7	IIS 7	11	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell (optional)
Windows Server 2008	Windows shell, Server Core	Classic (default), Aero (via "Desktop Experience")	Internet Explorer 7	IIS 7	11 (enabled by installing "Desktop Experience")	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell (optional)
Windows 7	Windows shell	Aero (default), Classic	Internet Explorer 8	IIS 7.5	12	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell v2.0
Windows Server 2008 R2	Windows shell, Server Core	Classic (default), Aero (via "Desktop Experience")	Internet Explorer 8	IIS 7.5	12 (via "Desktop Experience")	CMD.EXE, PowerShell v2.0
Windows Server 2012	Windows shell, Server Core	Metro	Internet Explorer 10	IIS 8	12 (via "Desktop Experience")	CMD.EXE, PowerShell v3.0
Windows 8	Windows shell	Metro	Internet Explorer 10	IIS 8	12	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell v3.0
Windows Server 2012 R2	Windows shell, Windows server core	Metro	Internet Explorer 11	IIS 8.5	12 (via "Desktop Experience")	CMD.EXE, PowerShell v4.0
Windows 8.1	Windows shell	Metro	Internet Explorer 11	IIS 8.5	12	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell v4.0
Windows 10	Windows shell	Metro	Internet Explorer 11 Microsoft Edge 12-13	IIS 10.0	12	COMMAND.COM, CMD.EXE, PowerShell v5.0
Windows Server 2016	Windows shell, Windows server core	Metro	Internet Explorer 11 Microsoft Edge 13	IIS 10.0	12 (via "Desktop Experience")	CMD.EXE, PowerShell v5.0

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Compiled and Edited by AdeDanCompTech

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