Windows Server Datacenter Licensing Guide

I figured it was time to update the highly popular calculator to reflect the standard price increase.

Windows server datacenter licensing guide.

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. Windows server 2012 r2 will continue to have the same licensing model as windows server 2012 with two editions available in volume licensing. Standard edition and datacenter edition. Largely this calculator is identical to the windows server 2016 calculator with a few minor tweaks.

Windows server 2019 standard and windows server 2019 datacenter alternatively both follow core based licensing models where licensing requirements are determined based on the number of server cores instead of the number of processors. For specific pricing contact your microsoft reseller. Windows server 2019 has been out for a while now and other than some early adopter issues it appears to be pretty stable now. In addition to the base windows server cal or external connector license some functionalities will continue to require the purchase of an.

The transition from processor based to core based licensing was first introduced with windows server 2016. Editions are differentiated by virtualization rights only two oses for standard and unlimited oses for datacenter. Total of required oses the total number of operating system environments oses to be run on the server s.