How To Enable Windows 8 Features in Windows Server 2012 ~ System Help Line

The Desktop Experience feature allows you to install a variety of applications and features that are provided in Windows 8 on your server that is running Windows Server 2012. If you use Windows Server 2012 as your primary operating system, you might want to have some of these Windows 8 features available for your daily use. The Windows 8 features included in Desktop Experience is as follows:

Windows Media Player
Video for Windows (AVI Support)
Windows SideShow
Disk Cleanup
Sync Center
Sound Recorder
Character Map
Snipping Tool
Support For Desktop Apps
Windows Store

Follow the below steps to enable Desktop Experience Feature on Windows Server 2012 :

Open Server Manager and then click on Add roles and features
The Wizard will open, click Next on the Before you begin page
Select Role-based or feature-based installation as installation type and click Next.
The Local server will be listed under server pool, click Next
The Desktop Experience feature is not a server role, so skip the server roles page by clicking Next.
Expand User Interfaces and Infrastructure and select the Desktop Experience checkbox

Desktop Experience feature requires two features to be installed as well

Ink and Handwriting services
Media Foundation

Click Add Features

Then Click Next
Review installation selections and then once ready click Install

Select the option Restart the destination server automatically if required, so that once installation is completed, the server would reboot automatically if required to complete installation and changes take effect.
The Server will automatically reboot once installation is completed.