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1. #How to tell about volume licensing microsoft install#
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Note 2: Virtualization rights only apply to Windows Server VMs.

#How to tell about volume licensing microsoft install#

In reality, you’d install Hyper-V Server 2016 on your physical server, and purchase a Windows Server 2016 Standard license (8x two-core license packs) for every two Windows Server 2016 virtual machines you want to run on that host. You can run two virtual machines for every 8x two-core license packs you purchase.

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You should instead install Hyper-V Server 2016 (Microsoft’s free hypervisor OS). Note 1: As a general rule, you should never (or rarely) install the Standard edition of Windows Server 2016 on a physical server if you are using it as a Hyper-V host. You could install Windows Server 2016 Standard on your physical server, installing and using ONLY the Hyper-V (and supporting) roles/features, and then run two Window Server 2016 virtual machines (VM) on that same physical server, using the same Windows Server 2016 license. Virtualization rights with Windows Server 2016 Standard are, relatively speaking, the same as they are with Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. Then you buy 1x two-core license pack for every two cores you have after the minimum combined 32-cores. Then you would need to purchase twice the minimum… 16x two-core license packs. Q uestion: What if I have 4 physical processors in my server? Don’t worry, this still comes out to the same thing as a Standard 2012 R2 licensing. You would still need to purchase the minimum 8x two-core packs, licensing you for a total of 16 cores, even though you only have 12 total cores. Question: So what if my server has two processors, but each processor only has 6 cores each? Question: Wait, what? Is it really that easy? You need to purchase an additional 2x two-core license packs to cover the extra 4 cores you have. You purchase the minimum 8x two-core packs, which covers 16 of your cores. If you have more than 8 cores per processor, then all you do is purchase 1x two-core license pack for every two cores past the 16 minimum.Įxample: You have a server with two processors. This is the equivalent of a regular standard Windows Server 2012 R2 license. This translates to you needing to purchase a minimum of 8x two-core packs for every two physical processors in your server. To run Windows Server 2016, you need to purchase licenses for a minimum of 16 cores, per two physical processors.

One “license pack” equals (or is good for) two cores. Because processors always have an even number of cores, licenses are sold in two-core packs. Windows Server 2016 licensing is licensed per-core.