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

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

Product Information

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