When you choose the “original” licensing model, Windows Server Core licenses need to be assigned to cover the physical server, and in this example Blacken White Solicitors could choose to purchase either 2 x 16 = 32 Datacenter Core licenses,…
So far we’ve just used one physical server in our scenarios as we’ve learned about the licensing of Windows Server 2022. In reality, of course, organizations will have several or many servers within their server farm. The diagram below shows…
From October 1, 2022 customers with active Software Assurance on their Windows Server 2022 Standard or Datacenter Core licenses (or with licenses acquired as Software Subscriptions through CSP) have a choice as to how they license Windows Server virtual machines.…
The Cobalt Bolt Company have a physical server with 2 x 16-core processors on which 6 virtual machines need to be run: As we look at their options for licensing this server, let’s start with the Datacenter edition; you need…
Let’s take a look at how the licensing for Windows Server 2022 works in a virtualized environment by considering The Cobalt Bolt Company’s physical server with 2 x 16-core processors on which 6 virtual machines need to be run: Up…
For Windows Server 2022, the organization can choose to buy CALs for its external users or the devices they use, but it’s generally more cost-effective to buy an External Connector license. It’s easier to manage too, since an External Connector…
There’s an alternative way to use CALs and that’s to assign them to a specific server rather than to specific users or devices. For example, if you had a particular server and assigned 100 User CALs to it then 100…
Any clients accessing the services of the server need to be licensed with a Client Access License (a CAL) or with a license designated as being equivalent to a CAL. CALs are available in two types for most products –…
The licenses assigned to the server are called Core licenses, and you need to assign a minimum of 8 Core licenses to each processor, and a minimum of 16 Core licenses to each server. Therefore, a single processor machine with…
The diagram below shows a typical client server network: there’s a server in the center where the server products are installed, and then there are users who use a variety of devices to access the services of the server. Both…