Windows Server Licensing Changes

Windows server 2012 is currently licensed per processor.

Windows server licensing changes.

W hen installing windows 10 the digital license associates itself with your device s hardware. Windows server 2016 will be licensed per core. If you are moving the remote desktop licensing function to a new rd licensing server then additional steps are required to deactivate the existing remote desktop license server and move the license to a new remote desktop license server. Click ok to save your changes to the licensing settings.

Close pricing and licensing overview. Permitted with azure hybrid benefit assign licenses to physical cores made available to you windows server cal requirement. If you make significant hardware changes on your device such as replacing your motherboard windows will no longer find a license that matches your device and you ll need to reactivate windows to get it up and running. Unlimited vms permitted with windows server datacenter and sql server enterprise licenses with sa when assigned to all physical cores on dedicated host.

Download the windows server 2019 licensing datasheet move windows server licenses to azure and save up to 40 percent. 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. Just a few days ago the story broke that microsoft is going to be changing how windows server is licensed. With windows server 2016 client side licensing such as cal requirements types and pricing remains mostly the same but server side licensing changes dramatically moving from a processor to a core based licensing model.

Select license included. 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.