Windows 2016 Licensing Vmware Calculator

Today s coffee coaching session walks you through hpe s microsoft windows server 2016 core licensing calculator a useful and easy to use tool that can help customers retain economic control with their business s microsoft windows server 2016 licensing.

Windows 2016 licensing vmware calculator.

Server 2016 licensing calculator windows server 2016 standard and datacenter editions are licensed per core. I have a server with two processors and 10 cores each. This tool takes into account the following. 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.

8 thoughts on windows server 2016 licensing calculator sprinklejames november 29 2016 at 1 30 am. My question is how do i license these virtual machines. I have purchased windows server 2016 volume licensing and i have the keys. With the core based licensing model server licensing is based on the total number of cores on the physical server.

Total of required oses the total number of operating system environments oses to be run on the server s. 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 and standard editions. 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. Microsoft takes a shot at vmware with windows server 2016 licensing changes and enforcement push.

For specific pricing contact your microsoft reseller. Which makes it 20 cores in total i have installed and licensed esxi 6 standard and i have created four virtual machines running windows server 2016.