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Microsoft resources: Windows Server 2025

Here’s a list of Windows Server 2025 resources from Microsoft all in one place. Many licensing resources found below are now updated on Microsoft’s Licensing Guidance website. You can view the history of these pages by searching our captured PDF Licensing Guides in the Licensing Guides Gallery. The rating column reflects our opinion of how useful the documents or websites are:

Date	Resource	Overview	Pages	Rating
N/A	Windows Server 2025 Licensing Guidance website	Decent Licensing Guidance covering all aspects of Windows Server licensing	N/A	★★★★
N/A	Product Terms website for traditional licenses	Most of the useful information on one page	N/A	★★★★
N/A	Product Terms website for the Azure Hybrid Benefit	All the rules for using Windows Server licenses in Azure	N/A	★★★★
N/A	Windows Server 2025 FAQs website	A handy list of mostly-relevant FAQs covering editions, access licenses, core licensing, and more	N/A	★★★★
N/A	Licensing Windows Server for Use With Virtualization Technologies Licensing Guidance website	A useful overview with information on licensing Windows Server with, for example, VMware ESX/ESXi	N/A	★★★★
N/A	Introduction to Microsoft Core Licensing Models Licensing Guidance website	A quick reference point covering all of Microsoft’s Per Core-licensed products	N/A	★★★
N/A	Licensing Microsoft Server Products for Use in Virtual Environments Licensing Guidance website	Covers pretty much all of Microsoft’s server products so it’s a website for an overview rather than the detail	N/A	★★★
N/A	Base and Additive CALs Licensing Guidance website	A useful introduction if you’re new to Base and Additive CALs	N/A	★★★
N/A	Product Terms website for the Software Subscription licenses	Some useful information relevant to Software Subscriptions, but you’ll need to refer to the traditional licenses page for details on the licensing model etc	N/A	★★★

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Microsoft resources: Windows Server 2025