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

Product Information

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.

Server 2019 Comparison:

Windows Server 2019

Locks and Limits	Standard	Datacenter
Maximum number of users	Based on CALs	Based on CALs
Maximum SMB connections	16777216	16777216
Maximum RRAS connections	unlimited	unlimited
Maximum IAS connections	2147483647	2147483647
Maximum RDS connections	65535	65535
Maximum number of 64-bit sockets	64	64
Maximum number of cores	unlimited	unlimited
Maximum RAM	24 TB	24 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
Server can join a domain	Yes	Yes
Edge network protection/firewall	No	No
DirectAccess	Yes	Yes
DLNA codecs and web media streaming	Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Container	Yes (Windows containers unlimited; Hyper-V containers up to 2)	Yes (all container types unlimited)
Host Guardian Hyper-V Support	No	Yes
Internet Printing Client	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
RPC over HTTP Proxy	Yes	Yes
Simple TCP/IP Services	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
TFTP Client	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience	Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience

Windows Server 2016

Feature Comparison:

Windows Server 2016 feature differentiation and core-based pricing
Feature	Datacenter	Standard
Core functionality of Windows Server	✔	✔
OSEs / Hyper-V containers	Unlimited	2
Windows Server containers	Unlimited	Unlimited
Host Guardian Service	✔	✔
Nano Server*	✔	✔
Storage features including Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica	✔
Shielded Virtual Machines	✔
Networking stack	✔

Licensing Models:

Editions	Licensing model	CAL requirements*
Windows Server 2016 Datacenter	Core-based	Windows Server CAL
Windows Server 2016 Standard	Core-based	Windows Server CAL
Windows Server 2016 Essentials	Processor-based	No CAL required
Windows Server 2016 MultiPoint Premium Server	Processor-based	Windows Server CAL+ Remote Desktop Services CAL
Windows Storage Server 2016	Processor-based	No CAL required
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016	NA	NA

*Some additional or advanced functionality such as Remote Desktop Services or Active Directory Rights Management Services will continue to require the purchase of an additive CAL.

Number of 2-core pack licenses needed

(Minimum 8 cores/processor; 16 cores/server)

Physical cores per processor
		2	4	6	8	10
Processor per Server	1	8	8	8	8	8
	2	8	8	8	8	10
	4	16	16	16	16	20

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