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Nano Server licensing
When I first heard about Nano Server I got the impression that anyone with a Windows Server 2016 license with Software Assurance could deploy any number of instances of Nano Server. I can't find agai...
Hello,
Nano Server is a feature, so you need Standard or Datacenter license to use it for every server. If for example you run Nano Server with Hyper-V and lots of VM's you still need a Datacenter license, the number of licenses depends on the number of cores.
Regards,
Erwin
Apologies for the late reply.
Thank you.
Are you a Microsoft employee? Can I consider yours an official Microsoft response?
By the way my idea was quite the opposite: to deploy more distinct physical machines, using each for a single purpose, so as to increase security.
The modest requirements of Nano Server would allow me to use cheap (even single-board) computers for that.
If I have to buy an whole (16-cores) Windows Server license for each it is a lot less viable, though.
This distinction between physical and virtual machines is quite frustrating, anyhow. They might at least offer cheap licenses for resource-constrained computers (few cores and little ram)...
Hello,
I am not a Microsoft employee, just a Microsoft Partner.
Regards,
Erwin
Ok, thanks.