Windows Server Licensing Calculator

I decided to add a calculator to demonstrate the licensing components of the per core windows server 2016 licensing model.

Windows server licensing calculator.

Specialty servers server license no cal required. Through this windows server calculator you can input your physical specifications for your server and other needs and we will provide our best suggestion on how to license at the best cost. Total of required oses the total number of operating system environments oses to be run on the server s. Windows server 2019 has been out for a while now and other than some early adopter issues it appears to be pretty stable now.

Small businesses with up to 25 users and 50 devices. Windows server 2008 sql end of support. This tool takes into account the following. Windows server 2019 standard and datacenter editions are licensed per core.

I figured it was time to update the highly popular calculator to reflect the standard price increase. Customers can increase 2 vms at a time by licensing all the physical cores in the server again. Host specification since the windows server 2016 licensing model is core based this tool requires information about the number of servers hosts the number of cpus per server and the number of cores per cpu. Windows server 2019 edition licensing types.

The calculator below can tell you how many 2 core licence packs you need but please speak to us to discuss your requirements and we ll send you a quote. Total of required oses the total number of operating system environments oses to be run on the server s. Largely this calculator is identical to the windows server 2016 calculator with a few minor tweaks. There are a few kinds of microsoft software licenses to know about to ensure that you do not overpay for too many licenses nor become the victim of a microsoft audit.

Windows server 2016 core licensing calculator standard edition provides rights for up to 2 virtual oses or hyper v containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed. The intent here is to give you a general idea of how many 2 core packs you may need and what it may cost to license windows server 2016. The software license is the actual product license such as the windows server license for the software itself. Physical or minimally virtualized environments.

Through multiple inputs you will be able to receive which version how many cores you need to license rds remote desktop services needs among more recommendations.