Windows 2016 Licensing Cores

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.

Windows 2016 licensing cores.

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. 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 server 2016 has been released. This is the equivalent of a regular standard windows server 2012 r2 license.

Microsoft s windows server 2016 due in the third quarter of 2016 will be moving from per processor to per core pricing. Hpe has created a windows server 2016 core licensing calculator to help you determine the licensing requirements for your customers systems. To run windows server 2016 you need to purchase licenses for a minimum of 16 cores per two physical processors. 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. This translates to you needing to purchase a minimum of 8x two core packs for every two physical processors in your server. Microsoft windows server 2016 to move to per core licensing.