2013 will get rights to use windows server 2012 and earlier via downgrade rights but not windows server 2012 r2.
Windows server 2012 license price.
A small office with 15 users that access windows server 2012 r2 from multiple devices desktops laptops tablets phones buys a server installed with windows server 2012 r2 standard.
The windows server 2012 r2 datacenter sku costs 6 155 plus client access license fees.
Azure virtual machines gives you the flexibility of virtualization for a wide range of computing solutions with support for linux windows server sql server oracle ibm sap and more.
What does r2 in windows server 2012 mean.
This is a microsoft windows server 2012 license 1 user cal olp.
Windows server 2012 cal customer scenario.
All current generation virtual machines include load balancing and auto scaling at no cost.
Thus customers with no plans to deploy windows server 2012 r2 could save by purchasing licenses sooner rather than later.
They should also buy 15 windows server 2012 user cals one for each employee.
With the windows server 2012 r2 standard edition licensing model you can grow your virtualization environment by either buying a step up license to datacenter edition if you have software assurance or by simply buying additional standard edition licenses and assigning them to the same physical server.
Customer wants sa coverage.
I find that my choice software usually has the same price if not a bit cheaper than others so i usually get them from my choice software.
Small businesses with up to 25 users and 50 devices.
Usually systems admin or it managers will purchase these to be compliant with windows server licensing in windows server based it environments.
For more information on licensing in windows server 2012 see the windows server 2012 licensing and pricing faq pdf.
Windows server 2016 moves to a core client access license cal model for licensing as opposed to its predecessor s processor cals model.
Listed are all the license types associated with windows server the various suites that include them and pricing under windows server 2016 and 2012 r2.
Specialty servers server license no cal required.
Many of these are available at affordable prices on ebay.
These are prices for the open nl version which is the highest priced volume license version.
Customers who purchase a windows server datacenter license without sa before nov.
Physical or minimally virtualized environments.