About the price of Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 's ESU(Extended Security Update) support for non Azure system

He, Dongyue 5

Want to ask about the price of Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 's

ESU(Extended Security Update) support for windows instance

which is not on Azure cloud platform

joeny 0 Reputation points

2023-12-13T02:41:58.3266667+00:00

good day i would like to how much would be the license for the windows server 12r?
Alise 0 Reputation points

2024-07-16T10:36:29.5333333+00:00

The cost of Extended Security Update (ESU) support for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 for non-Azure systems varies. Pricing typically starts at around 75% of the annual cost of a license, increasing yearly. For Microsoft SQL Server 2012, obtained through Microsofts partner - Hyp-est-key

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Anonymous

2023-06-22T01:17:15.7033333+00:00

On-premises: Eligible customers will be able to purchase Extended Security Updates for their on-premises environment. Licenses are sold in 2 core packs for SQL Server and 16 core packs for Windows Server 2012, and are priced as below:

Year 1: 75% of full license price annually

Year 2: 100% of full license price annually

Year 3: 125% of full license price annually

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/extended-security-updates

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Anonymous

2023-06-23T12:49:21.5933333+00:00

Just checking if there's any progress or updates?

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Dave Rothwell 0 Reputation points

2023-10-05T13:51:44.9466667+00:00

Looking at the docs, it seems to be 100% in all years now for Windows Server 2012. Have Microsoft increased it? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/lifecycle/faq/extended-security-updates#pricing (less only for SQL year 1)

Frank Lin 0 Reputation points

2023-11-11T21:32:43.2666667+00:00

Hi, does this mean if I have 3 HyperV server with 2 core each, that a single 16 core ESU would cover all the VM?

David Devine 0 Reputation points

2023-12-11T16:53:53.4666667+00:00

Also wondering if there has been a deliberate shift to 100% of full license price for all 3 years now, instead of 75%; 100%; 125%

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-US/lifecycle/faq/extended-security-updates#pricing

Pricing

On Azure: Customers who migrate workloads to Azure will have access to ESUs for SQL Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 for three years after the End of Support dates for no additional charge above the cost of running the virtual machine. This currently includes Azure destinations such as Azure virtual machines (VMs), Dedicated Host, Azure VMware Solution, Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Azure, and Azure Stack portfolio.

For ESUs in Azure, Software Assurance is not required for free ESUs, but Software Assurance is required for Azure Hybrid Benefit.

On-premises and in hosted environments: Eligible customers will be able to purchase ESUs. Both ESUs enabled by Azure Arc and ESU licenses (SKUs) are priced as below:

Year 1: 100% of full license price annually*

Year 2: 100% of full license price annually

Year 3: 100% of full license price annually

SQL Server 2012 Year 1 ESUs were 75% of the full license price

Full License price is the equivalent to a License-only purchase and not the License portion of an L+SA contract.
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Alise 0 Reputation points

2024-07-16T10:36:18.0466667+00:00

The cost of Extended Security Update (ESU) support for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 for non-Azure systems varies. Pricing typically starts at around 75% of the annual cost of a license, increasing yearly. For Microsoft SQL Server 2012, obtained through Microsofts partner - Hyp-est-key
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Alise 0 Reputation points

2024-07-16T10:38:44.7866667+00:00

That works for me!
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M.Chamara Sampath Fernando 25 Reputation points

2024-08-28T09:34:04.77+00:00

It says if we migrate our on-prem 2012 servers to Azure we get free ESU licenses, does that mean if we onboard on-prem servers to azure as Arc servers we get licenses? or for ARC enabled servers also we need to manually add ESU licenses?
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