{"id":118795,"date":"2017-05-25T12:44:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/?p=118795"},"modified":"2017-05-25T12:44:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T11:44:18","slug":"windows-server-2016-licensing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licensing-blog\/2017\/05\/25\/windows-server-2016-licensing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2016 Licensing Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a brand new (May 2017) Windows Server 2016 Licensing Guide released by Microsoft. It\u2019s a delicious 31 pages of licensing loveliness, but here are our highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Core Packs: there\u2019s confirmation of the new 16-core packs on page 7, but an interesting note points out that although the cost of eight 2-packs equals one 16-pack, they may not have the same point count in Volume Licensing programs where this matters \u2013 MPSA or Open, for example. There\u2019s also confirmation on page 21 (Q4) that the licences from a multi-pack can be split across servers, they\u2019re not joined forever at purchase point<\/li>\n<li>Nano Server: this is a deployment option available only if you have SA on your Windows Server licences, and page 6 confirms that you also need SA on any Windows Server CALs too<\/li>\n<li>Core Migration: there\u2019s a lot of guidance on migrating from Processor-based to Core licences and, in particular, there are a couple of pages of FAQs starting on page 26, including what happens with Core licence grants if you have a subscription agreement, and how the grants appear in your licensing portal<\/li>\n<li>Standard or Datacenter: there\u2019s a useful table on page 25 which shows the breakeven point for virtual machines running on a 2-processor server which has 8 cores per processor. You\u2019ll find that if you\u2019re running 13 or more virtual machines on this server, then it\u2019s cheaper to license with Datacenter edition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As usual, you can find this Licensing Guide with all of its Licensing Guide family and friends at: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/MSLicensingGuides\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/MSLicensingGuides<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a brand new (May 2017) Windows Server 2016 Licensing Guide released by Microsoft. 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