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Licensing Windows Server 2022 - 2 Core and 16 Core.
Dear, good night.
Could you please help me regarding licensing Windows Server 2022 - 2 Core and 16 Core.
How many cores are licensed for each SKU.
02 Core
16 Core
I thank the community for the suppo...
***Some general info***
- Each host needs to be licensed.
- A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses is required for each server.
- Core licenses are sold in packs of two.
- Standard Edition provides rights for up to 2 Operating System Environments or Windows Servers containers with Hyper-V isolation when all physical cores in the server are licensed. For each additional 1 or 2 VMs, all the physical cores in the server must be licensed again.
- DataCenter Edition provides rights for unlimited Operating System Environments or Windows Servers containers with Hyper-V isolation when all physical cores in the server are licensed.
Hello, thanks Dave Patrick for these informations (any source link?)
BUT i must rebound on this : what if you want to licence one VM on a Vmware or PROXMOX environment. (VM with 2 cores).
Should you buy :
"Microsoft Windows Server Standard 2022 64Bit 1Pack DVD 16 Core" ~1000€
and then you can activate it 8 times for 4 VMs.
or should you buy for one VM:
"Microsoft Windows Server Standard 2022 2Core Pack" ~150€
This completely twisted tarifications doesnt makes lifes easy
BUT i must rebound on this : what if you want to licence one VM on a Vmware or PROXMOX environment. (VM with 2 cores).
Should you buy :
"Microsoft Windows Server Standard 2022 64Bit 1Pack DVD 16 Core" ~1000€
and then you can activate it 8 times for 4 VMs.
or should you buy for one VM:
"Microsoft Windows Server Standard 2022 2Core Pack" ~150€
This completely twisted tarifications doesnt makes lifes easy
- Just wanted to update this based on it being a search hit whilst I was trying to find the same info - hopefully this will help some people out now.
Windows Server 2022 Datacenter and Windows Server 2022 Standard are licensed under a core-based license
model. For both Datacenter and Standard , the number of core licenses required depends on whether a
customer is licensing based on the physical cores on the server or by virtual machine. The option to license
Windows Server by virtual machine was added in October 2022, and is available to customers with subscription
licenses or licenses with active Software Assurance only.
• When licensing based on the physical cores on the server, the number of core licenses required equals
the number of physical cores on the licensed server, subject to a minimum of 8 core licenses per
physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses per server.
• When licensing by virtual machine, the number of core licenses required equals the number of virtual
cores in the virtual operating system environment (i.e., virtual machine), subject to a minimum of 8
core licenses per virtual machine and 16 core licenses per customer.
From https://aka.ms/WindowsServerLicensingGuide
