Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Core License

Number of physical processors on the server.

Windows server 2019 datacenter core license.

Host specification since the windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions are licensed by physical core this tool requires information about the number of servers hosts the number of cpus per server and the number of cores per cpu. Licenses are sold in 2 packs and 16 packs. 2 vms included with core licensing. 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.

To give you a more consistent licensing experience across multi cloud environments we transitioned from processor based licensing to core based licensing for windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions. Number of physical cores per processor. Datacenter edition provides rights for unlimited virtual machine oses and hyper v containers. 2019 datacenter permits unlimited vms and hyper v containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed so no additional licenses are required for vms for windows server 2019 datacenter.

Microsoft cloud platform partners windows server licensing information. Windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions are licensed by physical core. It allows you to use an unlimited number of virtual machines with 1 hyper v host for each license. Windows server 2019 core licensing calculator.