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

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

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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.


Further docus:

Find how to start with Windows Server in ths Guide.

Find here the comparison of Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022Windows Server 2022 Comparison Guide.