This guide can help Microsoft Commercial Licensing customers understand how Windows Server is licensed through. Available in Standard and Workgroup editions through the OEM channel. • Microsoft Hyper-V Server Free hypervisor download.
 
 

Windows Server Licensing: Simplified – Timothy Gruber’s Blog

 
This guide can help Microsoft Commercial Licensing customers understand how Windows Server is licensed through. Available in Standard and Workgroup editions through the OEM channel. • Microsoft Hyper-V Server Free hypervisor download.

 

Windows server 2016 standard licensing guide free

 

Linux VMs do not need Microsoft Windows licenses. Windows VMs and Windows hosts do, however. If your physical servers nodes are running Windows Server, the hardware needs licensed. If your physical servers hosts are running Hyper-V Server not Windows Server , then they do not need licensed. Yes, you can in fact add the Failover Cluster feature to the free Hyper-V Server , and add it to your cluster. Your email address will not be published.

Save my name, email, and site URL in my browser for next time I post a comment. I feel there has been a lot of unnecessary confusion around Windows Server licensing. My goal with this post is to alleviate this confusion by showing you how simple it actually is.

Hernan 11 February, at Scott 5 March, at Prasenjeet 18 December, at Hi, I have two question. I have to purchase 16 x 16 cores per server Reply. Timothy Gruber 19 December, at Dani 13 December, at Hi Timothy, congrats to your blog. BR, Dani Reply. Jun 19 November, at Questions: 1 do I have enough license for these 2 VMs? Thank you -jun Reply. Timothy Gruber 19 November, at GEM 30 November, at Chad Miller 6 February, at Readers can also download here the Free Microsoft Windows Server Licensing Datasheet that provides additional useful information.

The table below shows the licensing model adopted by each Windows Server edition:. Licensing Model. CAL Requirements. Windows Server Datacenter.

Windows Server Standard. Windows Server Essentials. Windows Server MultiPoint Premium. Windows Storage Server Table 1. Windows Server Editions and Licensing Models. Microsoft recently announced they will be running a promotion on Windows Server Datacenter from September 1, to June 30, If you are currently using VMware, are willing to migrate to Hyper-V instead, and have an Enterprise Agreement, Microsoft wants to give you some free licensing for Windows Server Datacenter.

They want you to say goodbye to VMware once and for all! In addition to the promotional offer, they are aggressively promoting the message that the total cost of ownership for Windows Server is a fraction of the cost of using VMware.

We recommend and support both Hyper-V and vSphere. However, I do want to provide you with the information you need to make an informed decision, and if you would like to discuss the specifics of your situation, our engineers would be happy to talk with you about it. Well, for one thing you need to provide proof of eligibility to your reseller before you get your free licenses.

Microsoft just wants some proof that you are currently using VMware and that you are planning to switch to Hyper-V. One other thing: you must buy Software Assurance in order to get the free licenses of Windows Server Datacenter.

So yes, the licenses are free. Securely deploy and run your existing applications on Windows Server to transform them into new cloud-native models.

Help developers to innovate and create on-premises and cloud applications using the latest technology—containers, microservices, and Nano Server. Let us help you find the right version of Windows Server Royal Discount has over 15 years experience licensing Windows Server Environments. Speak with our Licensing Department and compare features, versions and licensing models. Ask about new security innovations.

Benefit from a software-defined datacenter with new Hyper-V container configurations. Tell us about your specific needs and move forward today. One major change with is that all physical cores in the server must be licensed.