Microsoft Licence Program Select Plus Academic (EDU) - Windows Server Datacenter

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Publisher: Microsoft Licence Program Select Plus Academic (EDU)

Built from the Cloud up

The latest version of the Windows Server operating system offers businesses and hosting providers a scalable, dynamic, and multitenant-aware infrastructure that is optimized for the cloud.

Please follow these rules for licensing Windows Server:

Rule No.1: Each physical processor is valued with at least eight cores.

Rule No.2: Each physical server is valued with at least 16 cores.

Rule No.3: All physical and active cores must be licensed considering rules No.1 and No.2 so a Standard Server owns two VM-rights and a Datacenter Server unlimited VM-rights.

Rule No.4: To receive two more VM-rights for the Standard Edition all physical active cores must be licensed again.

A server with 4 CPUs with each 4 cores requires a license for 32 cores.

Here you may find the licensing factsheet (German PDF).

Please take a note of the FAQ.

Product comparison:

Windows Server editions

Windows Server editions include:

Datacenter

This edition delivers significant value for customers who need unlimited virtualization along with powerful new features including Shielded Virtual Machines, software-defined storage and software-defined networking.

Standard

This edition is ideal for customers who need limited virtualization but require a robust, general purpose server operating system.

Windows Server 2022

Features available generally

	Windows Server 2022 Standard	Windows Server 2022 Datacenter	Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition
Azure Extended Network	-	-	✔
Best Practices Analyzer	✔	✔	✔
Containers	✔	✔	✔
Direct Access	✔	✔	✔
Dynamic Memory (in virtualization)	✔	✔	✔
Hot Add/Replace RAM	✔	✔	✔
Hotpatching	-	-	✔
Microsoft Management Console	✔	✔	✔
Minimal Server Interface	✔	✔	✔
Network Load Balancing	✔	✔	✔
Windows PowerShell	✔	✔	✔
Server Core installation option	✔	✔	✔
Server Manager	✔	✔	✔
SMB Direct and SMB over RDMA	✔	✔	Yes (not supported in Azure)
SMB over QUIC	-	-	✔
Software-defined Networking	-	✔	✔
Storage Migration Service	✔	✔	✔
Storage Replica	Yes, (1 partnership and 1 resource group with a single 2TB volume)	Yes, unlimited	Yes, unlimited
Storage Spaces	✔	✔	✔
Storage Spaces Direct	-	✔	✔
Volume Activation Services	✔	✔	✔
VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) integration	✔	✔	✔
Windows Server Update Services	✔	✔	✔
Windows System Resource Manager	✔	✔	✔
Server license logging	✔	✔	✔
Inherited activation	As guest if hosted on Datacenter	Can be a host or a guest	Can be a host or a guest
Work Folders	✔	✔	✔

Locks and Limits

	Windows Server 2022 Standard	Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
Maximum number of users	Based on CALs	Based on CALs
Maximum SMB connections	16,777,216	16,777,216
Maximum RRAS connections	Unlimited	Unlimited
Maximum IAS connections	2,147,483,647	2,147,483,647
Maximum RDS connections	65,535	65,535
Maximum number of 64-bit sockets	64	64
Maximum number of cores	Unlimited	Unlimited
Maximum RAM	48 TB	48 TB
Can be used as virtualization guest	Yes; 2 virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license	Yes; unlimited virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license
Windows Server Containers	Unlimited	Unlimited
Virtual OSE/Hyper-V isolated Containers	2	Unlimited
Server can join a domain	✔	✔
Edge network protection/firewall	-	-
DirectAccess	✔	✔
DLNA codecs and web media streaming	Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience

Server roles: Role services

	Windows Server 2022 Standard	Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
Active Directory Certificate Services	✔	✔
Active Directory Domain Services	✔	✔
Active Directory Federation Services	✔	✔
AD Lightweight Directory Services	✔	✔
AD Rights Management Services	✔	✔
Device Health Attestation	✔	✔
DHCP Server	✔	✔
DNS Server	✔	✔
Fax Server	✔	✔

File and Storage Services

File Server	✔	✔
BranchCache for Network Files	✔	✔
Data Deduplication	✔	✔
DFS Namespaces	✔	✔
DFS Replication	✔	✔
File Server Resource Manager	✔	✔
File Server VSS Agent Service	✔	✔
iSCSI Target Server	✔	✔
iSCSI Target Storage Provider	✔	✔
Server for NFS	✔	✔
Work Folders	✔	✔
Storage Services	✔	✔

Additional server roles

Host Guardian Service	✔	✔
Hyper-V	✔	Yes; including Shielded Virtual Machines
Network Controller	-	✔
Network Policy and Access Services	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Print and Document Services	✔	✔
Remote Access	✔	✔
Remote Desktop Services	✔	✔
Volume Activation Services	✔	✔
Web Services (IIS)	✔	✔
Windows Deployment Services	✔	✔
Windows Server Essentials Experience	-	-
Windows Server Update Services	✔	✔

Features

	Windows Server 2022 Standard	Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
.NET Framework 3.5	✔	✔
.NET Framework 4.8	✔	✔
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)	✔	✔
BitLocker Drive Encryption	✔	✔
BitLocker Network Unlock	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
BranchCache	✔	✔
Client for NFS	✔	✔
Containers	✔	✔
Data Center Bridging	✔	✔
Direct Play	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Enhanced Storage	✔	✔
Failover Clustering	✔	✔
Group Policy Management	✔	✔
Host Guardian Hyper-V Support	-	✔
I/O Quality of Service	✔	✔
IIS Hostable Web Core	✔	✔
Internet Printing Client	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
IP Address Management (IPAM) Server	✔	✔
LPR Port Monitor	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Management OData IIS Extension	✔	✔
Media Foundation	✔	✔
Message Queueing	✔	✔
Microsoft Defender Antivirus	Installed	Installed
Multipath I/O	✔	✔
MultiPoint Connector	✔	✔
Network Load Balancing	✔	✔
Network Virtualization	✔	✔
Peer Name Resolution Protocol	✔	✔
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience	✔	✔
RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK)	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Remote Assistance	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Remote Differential Compression	✔	✔
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)	✔	✔
RPC over HTTP Proxy	✔	✔
Setup and Boot Event Collection	✔	✔
Simple TCP/IP Services	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support	Installed	Installed
SMB Bandwidth Limit	✔	✔
SMTP Server	✔	✔
SNMP Service	✔	✔
Software Load Balancer	✔	✔
Storage Migration Service	✔	✔
Storage Migration Service Proxy	✔	✔
Storage Replica	✔	✔
System Data Archiver	✔	✔
System Insights	✔	✔
Telnet Client	✔	✔
TFTP Client	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management	✔	✔
WebDAV Redirector	✔	✔
Windows Biometric Framework	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Windows Identity Foundation 3.5	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Windows Internal Database	✔	✔
Windows PowerShell 5.1	Installed	Installed
Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine	✔	✔
Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service	✔	✔
Windows PowerShell Web Access	✔	✔
Windows Process Activation Service	✔	✔
Windows Search Service	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Windows Server Backup	✔	✔
Windows Server Migration Tools	✔	✔
Windows Standards-Based Storage Management	✔	✔
Windows Subsystem for Linux	✔	✔
Windows TIFF IFilter	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
WinRM IIS Extension	✔	✔
WINS Server	✔	✔
Wireless LAN Service	✔	✔
WoW64 support	Installed	Installed
XPS Viewer	Installed with Server with Desktop Experience	Installed with Server with Desktop Experience

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