Windows server 2016 licensing
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@Dashrender said:
Then if you want to add two more VMs you only need to purchase one more Windows Server license, not two.
But then again, maybe it doesn't work that way today.
.I thought that you needed two more licenses today.
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@Dashrender said:
This will give you 2 VMs on that host.
Now when you want to add 2 more VMs you don't need to double your earlier purchase (1 full server license and two 2 core packs) instead you'll only need the 1 full server license.
At least this is how I read it.
I couldn't find anything on that sheet that said one way or the other. It never talks about standard license about two VMs.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
Then if you want to add two more VMs you only need to purchase one more Windows Server license, not two.
But then again, maybe it doesn't work that way today.
.I thought that you needed two more licenses today.
@Dashrender said:
But then again, maybe it doesn't work that way today.
I honestly don't know how it works today.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
This will give you 2 VMs on that host.
Now when you want to add 2 more VMs you don't need to double your earlier purchase (1 full server license and two 2 core packs) instead you'll only need the 1 full server license.
At least this is how I read it.
I couldn't find anything on that sheet that said one way or the other. It never talks about standard license about two VMs.
@PDF:
The Standard Edition of Windows Server and System Center will license up to 2 VMs when all of the physical cores on the server are licensed.
Now that I re-read this, it could easily go either way, for every 2 VMs you want to have on a physical server, you could have to have enough cores for every core on the box, OR once all the cores are covered by the first set of VMs, any additional 2 VMs would only require a base Standard Edition Windows Server license.
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Yup, that's what I saw... no information at all
