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WHAT IS WINDOWS SERVER 2016 CORE LICENSE ?
The Windows Server 2016 licensing model consists of per-core/processor + Client Access Licenses (CALs). Each user or device accessing a Windows Server Standard, Datacenter or Multipoint edition requires a Windows CAL or a Windows Server and a Remote Desktop Services (RDS) CAL.
In addition to these changes many would be surprised to know that there is now a minimum number of Per-Core licenses required per physical CPU and Server:
A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical CPU. A minimum of 16 core licenses is required for each server. A 2-core license pack is the minimum amount of core licenses you can purchase. E.g you’ll need four 2-core license packs (4×2) to fully license an 8-core CPU.
The 2-core license is priced at 1/8 (one eighth) the price of a 2-CPU license for corresponding Windows 2012 R2 editions in order to keep the pricing similar. This means the pricing of a 16-core Windows 2016 Datacenter server is equal to a 2-CPU Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter server.
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