Windows 2016 Licensing Cores

You simply select the edition standard or datacenter input the number of processors and cores that need to be licensed and it will calculate the number and type of licenses that are required.

Windows 2016 licensing cores.

Things just got a lot more complicated. For specific pricing contact your microsoft reseller. This translates to you needing to purchase a minimum of 8x two core packs for every two physical processors in your server. Windows server standard and datacenter editions continue to require windows server cals for every user or device accessing a server see the product terms for exceptions or windows server external connector licenses for servers accessed by external users.

This is the equivalent of a regular standard windows server 2012 r2 license. We ve been receiving a number of questions recently about how to properly license an environment with windows server 2016. Windows server 2016 has been released. Microsoft windows server 2016 to move to per core licensing.

In addition to the base windows server cal or external connector license some functionalities will continue to require the purchase of an. Core based licensing new minimum license counts feature differences between the versions. Microsoft s windows server 2016 due in the third quarter of 2016 will be moving from per processor to per core pricing.