Windows Server Datacenter Licensing Guide

Windows server 2019 has been out for a while now and other than some early adopter issues it appears to be pretty stable now.

Windows server datacenter licensing guide.

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. I figured it was time to update the highly popular calculator to reflect the standard price increase. If you re new to the licensing changes in windows server 2016 or. Standard edition and datacenter edition.

Windows server 2012 r2 will continue to have the same licensing model as windows server 2012 with two editions available in volume licensing. Editions are differentiated by virtualization rights only two oses for standard and unlimited oses for datacenter. For specific pricing contact your microsoft reseller. The transition from processor based to core based licensing was first introduced with windows server 2016.

Total of required oses the total number of operating system environments oses to be run on the server s. Largely this calculator is identical to the windows server 2016 calculator with a few minor tweaks. 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.