Each additional set of eight entitles use on up to eight virtual cores and one Base Instance. Rather than paying the full price for a new Windows Server virtual machine, you will only pay the base compute rate.Įach set of 16 Windows Server core licenses with Software Assurance entitles you to use Windows Server on Microsoft Azure on up to 16 virtual cores allocated across two or fewer Azure virtual machines. The Azure Hybrid Benefit lets you bring your on-premises Windows Server subscription licenses or licenses with Software Assurance to Azure.

* For more details about the Per Core/CAL license model, please see the licensing brief, Introduction to Microsoft Core licensing. Standard edition is licensed under the Per Core/CAL* license model and requires a Windows Server CAL for access to the server.

Standard edition is ideal for customers with low density or non-virtualized environments, and includes unlimited Windows Server containers without Hyper-V isolation and two Windows Server containers with Hyper-V isolation.

Datacenter edition is licensed under the Per Core/CAL* license model and requires a Windows Server CAL for access to the server.

It includes software-defined datacenter (SDDC) features in the host, and unlimited Windows Server containers with and without Hyper-V isolation.

Datacenter edition is ideal for highly virtualized and software-defined datacenter environments.Datacenter: Azure Edition helps you use the benefits of the cloud. The edition includes SMB over QUIC, Azure extended networking, and hotpatch, and is available on Azure only.

Terminal server license cost