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For example a server with 2 x Intel Xeon E7-8890v4 CPUs means a total of 48 cores. These customers will end up paying additional money for their licenses. The price difference becomes apparent for larger customers with a server deployed that exceeds 8-cores per CPU and 16-cores per server.
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Microsoft has adjusted its per-Core license pricing in such a way so that a small deployment of up to 16-cores per physical server will be the same pricing as a Windows server 2012 2-CPU License. How Licensing Changes Affect Small Windows Server Deployments This means the pricing of a 16-core Windows 2016 Datacenter server is equal to a 2-CPU Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter server.
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Taking into consideration that the Intel Xeon E7-8890v4 contains a total of 24 cores capable of supporting up to 48 threads, one can quickly understand the software giant’s intention and why it is no longer continuing the per CPU Pair model for its Standard and Datacenter server editions. While the Windows Server 2012 Licensing model was fairly straight forward: per CPU Pair + CALS/DAL for Standard and Datacenter editions, Microsoft has decided to change its licensing arrangements thanks to the continuously increasing number of available cores per physical processor which has caused significant losses to its profits. Might you want to subscribe to the Server Subscriptions for Azure in the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) program? Contact one of our consultants to discuss your options.This article describes the new Windows Server 2016 Licensing model (per-core licensing) Microsoft has implemented for its new server-based operating system.

We also reported to be surprised that the Windows Server Remote Desktop Services Client Access License (Windows Server RDS CAL) was the only Windows Server additional CAL not being available. We reported earlier on the new Server Subscriptions for Azure in the Microsoft Cloud Solutions Provider Program.
