<commit_before>ms.ContentId: 300B0F58-26DE-4F49-809D-8C1828AB071F 
title: Host SKU Differences

Hyper-V has different features depending on the version of Windows in the host and guest environments.

# Host Feature Differences #

<table>
<tr><th>Feature</th><th>Server</th><th>Client</th><th>Notes</th></tr>
<tr><td>Enhanced Session Mode</td><td>√ </td><td>√</td><td>Defaults: Server = off and Client = on</td></tr>
<tr><td>Live Migration</td><td>√</td><td></td><td></td></tr>
</table>


## Windows Server ##

### Features only in Windows Server Hosts ###

The following features are only present on Windows Server hosts:

- RemoteFX
- Live Migration
- Hyper-V Replica
- Virtual Fibre Channel<commit_msg>adding markdown table of features to see what folks think<commit_after>ms.ContentId: 300B0F58-26DE-4F49-809D-8C1828AB071F 
title: Host SKU Differences

Hyper-V has different features depending on the version of Windows in the host and guest environments.

# Host Feature Differences #

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| **Feature**  			| **Server** 	| **Client** 	|  **Notes**       				|
|:----------------------|:--------------|:--------------|:------------------------------|
|Enhanced Session Mode	| √       		| √          	| Default:      				|
|             			|        		|            	| Server = off 					|
|            			|           	|            	| Client = on  					|
|Live Migration  		| √        		|            	|              					|
|Remote FX 				| √ 			|  				|  								|
|Hyper-V Replica 		| √ 			|  				|  								|
|Virtual Fibre Channel 	| √ 			|  				|  								|
|SR-IOV 				| √ 			| 				|  								|
|Automatic VM Activation| √ see notes	|				|Datacenter version only		|
|Clustered hosts		| √ see notes	|				|Requires server only features	|
|Shared VHDX 			| √ see notes 	| 				| VHDX file must reside on a 	|
|						|				|				|Windows Server Scale Out 		|
|						|				|				|File Server Cluster			|
|VSS based host backup	| √				|				|								|
	
## Windows Server ##

### Features only in Windows Server Hosts ###

The following features are only present on Windows Server hosts:

- RemoteFX
- Live Migration
- Hyper-V Replica
- Virtual Fibre Channel
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