Windows Server Licensing In Detail | Aidan Finn, IT Pro – Licensing editions

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Definition of a socket is a CPU or physical processor. Logical cores are not counted as sockets. A single license of Standard and Datacenter edition covers up to two physical processors per physical server.

Standard edition allows up to 2 virtual instances while the Datacenter edition allows unlimited number of virtual instances. For example, a Windows Server R2 Standard edition installed on a physical server with one socket CPU can support up to two instances of virtual machines.

These virtual machines can be Server R2 Standard or Essentials edition. Similarly, if you install a Windows Server R2 Datacenter edition , then you can install an unlimited number of virtual machines.

Scenario 2 : Install Server Standard Edition on a physical server with 1 physical processor, running 8 instances of virtual machines.

A total of 50 users will be accessing the server. Remember that a single Standard edition license covers up to two physical processors and up to two instances of virtual machines. Since the requirement is to run 8 instances of virtual machines, we need four Standard edition licenses.

If we decided to use the Datacenter edition in this scenario, a single license with 50 CAL would be enough to cover our needs, because the Datacenter edition license supports an unlimited number of virtual instances and up to two physical processors.

Back to Windows Server Section. I will not be answering any further questions on this post. My job is to work with our sales people, supporting Microsoft partners who resell product to end customers. My focus is on System Center and that brings in Hyper-V and Forefront, but anything that is anyway technical tends to find its way to my desk. And you know what? And these issues confuse the hell out of people.

The recent changes to System Center licensing simplified our conversations quite a bit. This evening Microsoft released the details of Windows Server licensing.

There is also a datasheet and a FAQ with more details. What were the shelf prices before with R2? Bear in mind that the shown prices are the from the Open NL price list, the most expensive of the volume license types. They are shown to give an indication of past and present. Enterprise came with all the same features and scalability, with a limit of technical limit of 8 CPUs in the physical server.

Licensing-wise, it allowed 4 VMs on the licensed host to run Windows for free. You could double the licensing for the host to get 8 VMs for free … but do the math and you might as well buy Datacenter edition then. Standard Edition had limited scalability and features, e. For Datacenter there is 1 change: You buy 1 copy of Datacenter and it includes 2 processors. The whole minimum-ofprocs-per-host thing confused people. We continue to have the unlimited virtualisation licensing.

That means if you buy 1 copy of Datacenter for a 2 CPU host any virtualisation and you get unlimited installations of Windows Server or lower any edition for unlimited VMs on that host … no changes there! The other change for Standard is that it will match the Datacenter model. The Standard license will cover you for 2 CPUs in a server.

If you want 4 CPUs, then you need 2 copies of Standard. Foundation is also for single CPU servers, such as a micro-server. More on Essentials later. OK Enterprise owners, just like the old Star Trek storyline, it is g-o-n-e.

Here is your replacement strategy:. The answer to that question was posted on the SBS blog. Windows Server Essentials will support up to 25 users and 50 devices. Buy Microsoft Windows Server Foundation server operating system from our innovative range of retail products. Your Product Code will be sent to your e-mail after your purchase. E-mail Delivery.

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One-time purchase! Whats Included? Organizations use the Windows Server platform to allow a computer to handle the network with many important tasks and roles such as the print server, web server, file server as well as being the domain controller. Microsoft Windows Server platform is designed to give the business many performance features and related infrastructure allowing them to share, organise, store and access information required due to its few hardware limitations.

Language: English. The English-language version of Windows Server is supported on all localized versions of operating systems. This process is usually between minutes. If your order is delayed long than this, please refer to your account for the details of your purchase. A digital download is an electronic version of your software product, giving you access to download and use your new software immediately. The software install program is downloaded through cloud-based storage.

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Access control. Create VMs. Create a VM. Create Spot VMs. Spot VMs. Preemptible VMs. Create custom images. Create and manage instance templates. Create multiple VMs. Create a managed instance group MIG. Bulk creation of VMs. Create sole-tenant VMs. Use nested virtualization. Manage VM boot disks. Migrate VMs. Import disks and images. Automatic import. Manual import. Move a VM within Google Cloud.

Connect to VMs. Connect to a VM. Linux VMs. Best practices. Windows VMs. Manage access to VMs. Manually manage SSH keys. Transfer files to or from a VM.

Manage storage. About disks. Disk encryption and security. Persistent disks. Manage disk performance.

Make persistent disks highly available. Ephemeral disks local SSD. Manage local SSD performance. Back up and restore. Back up VMs. Back up disks. Create application consistent snapshots. Restore from a backup. Manage VMs. Basic operations and lifecycle. Schedule VM operations. View VM properties. Update VM details. Configure IP addresses. Delete VMs. Manage groups of VMs. Support a stateful workload with a MIG.

Configure stateful MIGs. Group VMs together. VM host events. Manage metadata. Securing VMs. Manage operating systems. Guest environment. Manage guest operating systems. About VM Manager. Create and manage patch jobs. Work with OS policies. Legacy beta.

Manage OS images. Manage licenses. Use startup scripts. Deploy workloads. Set up authentication for workloads. Web servers. Send email from a VM. SQL Server. Microsoft Windows. Windows Server. Load testing. Machine learning. Monitor logs. Monitor resources. Autoscale groups of VMs. Create and manage autoscalers. Reserve zonal resources. Load balancing. Build reliable and scalable applications. Resource utilization. Use recommendations to manage resources.

Manual live migration. Workload performance. Accelerated workloads with GPUs. GPUs on Compute Engine. Install drivers. Monitor and optimize performance. Network performance.

Upgrades are subject to the following constraints: If you plan to upgrade Windows Server R2 to a version later than Windows Server R2, you must first perform an upgrade to Windows Server R2, and then perform a second upgrade to Windows Server or later.

Objectives This guide describes how to perform an in-place upgrade of Windows Server by: Planning the in-place upgrade Performing the in-place upgrade Troubleshooting the in-place upgrade Cleaning up after the in-place upgrade Costs There is no charge for performing an in-place upgrade of Windows Server. You are only charged for the resources consumed during the upgrade, including: Compute Engine Use the pricing calculator to generate a cost estimate based on your projected usage.

Before you begin The guide assumes that you have basic knowledge of: Compute Engine Performing unattended Windows Server installations by using Windows Setup. Plan the in-place upgrade Performing an in-place upgrade of a virtual machine VM instance that is running an earlier version of Windows Server can be a pragmatic way to modernize your infrastructure and to mitigate the risks of approaching the end of the support lifecycle of Windows Server versions.

 
 

 

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