| Server role | Compatible with other roles | Requirements | Can be placed in a failover cluster |
| Operational database | Yes | SQL | Yes |
| Audit Collection Services (ACS) database | Yes | SQL | Yes |
| Reporting Data Warehouse database | Yes | SQL | Yes |
| Reporting database | Yes | Dedicated SQL Server Reporting Services instance; not on a domain controller | Yes |
| root management server | Yes | Not compatible with management server or gateway server role | Yes |
| management server | Yes | Not compatible with root management server | No |
| Administrator console | Yes | Windows XP | N/A |
| ACS collector | Yes | Can be combined with gateway server and audit database | No |
| gateway server | Yes | Can be combined with ACS collector only; must be a domain member | No |
| Web console server | Yes | N/A | |
| agent | Yes | Automatically deployed to root management server and management server in a management group | N/A |
