Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering and Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering are very similar in regards to how GroupWise 2014 interacts with them. In Windows Server 2012 Failover Clustering, the term “Cluster Role” replaces the term “Cluster Resource” as used in Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering. The example in this section uses Windows Server 2012 functionality and terminology.