Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Core License

Windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions are licensed by physical core.

Windows server 2019 datacenter core license.

Number of physical cores per processor. Windows server 2019 datacenter the windows server datacenter edition offers the widest range of capabilities and features without a large number of licensing limitations. For specific pricing contact your microsoft reseller. Datacenter edition provides rights for unlimited virtual machine oses and hyper v containers.

Windows server 2019 core licensing calculator. Microsoft cloud platform partners windows server licensing information. 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. 2 vms included with core licensing.

Number of physical processors on the server. 2019 datacenter permits unlimited vms and hyper v containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed so no additional licenses are required for vms for windows server 2019 datacenter. Licenses are sold in 2 packs and 16 packs. It allows you to use an unlimited number of virtual machines with 1 hyper v host for each license.