For the prices of the standard edition.
Windows server datacenter 2 proc.
1 proc x 4 cores per proc 4 core licenses but that is under the minimum so you need to purchase 16 core licenses.
All you need to qualify for the benefit is an active software assurance or subscription license such as eas sce subscription or open value.
Standard edition and datacenter edition.
For example if windows server standard was deployed on a server with 4 processors two 2 licenses would be necessary as each license covers up to 2 processors.
Please contact us for the latest price.
Licenses for servers with 8 cores or less per proc will be same price as the 2012 r2 two proc license price.
A server with dual 10 core processors running datacenter.
We offer price breaks for quantities of five or more so please contact us on this.
If you needed another vm or another 2 vms just allocate another license to that same server.
16 core licenses 2 8 two packs of core licenses.
How will the licensing and pricing from processor to core change for this customer.
Customer scenario 2 juan lewis ltd has a windows server 2012 r2 datacenter edition licence for 2 processors with 10 cores per processor.
Editions are differentiated by virtualization rights only two oses for standard and unlimited oses for datacenter.
Windows server 2019 edition.
This benefit is available across all regions and sovereign clouds.
The windows server 2016 2019 standard license also allows you to run up to two vms with windows server on the same physical host.
Highly virtualized datacenters and cloud environments.
Windows server 2016 and 2019 datacenter support a number of new technologies that are useful in a virtualization and the azure cloud environment.
Here are some of the early windows server 2016 pricing specifics from the pdf.
This item is price sensitive.
Prices seen are for a pack of 2 core licenses with software assurance for core infrastructure server 2016 datacenter.
A server with a single four core processor running datacenter.
For example the windows server 2016 datacenter supports.
Core infrastructure server 2016 standard.
The benefit is applicable to both standard and datacenter editions of windows server for the 2008r2 2012 2012r2 and 2016 releases.
This allowed up to 4 vms on that server because each license permitted up to 2 vms.
Physical or minimally virtualized environments.
Windows server 2012 r2 will continue to have the same licensing model as windows server 2012 with two editions available in volume licensing.
In this scenario the customer will be required to license ten 2 core pack licences.
