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Hi everybody,
Currently, I have a 20-core server, and I am planning to buy a license for a Windows Server from a retail store. They advised me that it is very difficult to understand. Can you help me with how to calculate and choose a license for a server with 16 cores?
Thank you very much.
Hi
the link below will help you with the calculations. Note that you can enter the cost of the license packs and you should get these from your Licensing CSP or Partner:
https://wintelguy.com/windows-server-licensing-calc.pl
Hope this helps,
Thanks
Michael Durkan
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It isn't difficult at all really. For a server with 16 cores a 16-core license will suffice. For a 20-core server you'll need to purchase the 16-core plus 2 additional 2-core packs to cover the total of 20 cores.
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Hey .. for the activation how we will add those both keys purchased to cover all 20 c ? knowing that I have installed windows server standard edition in a vm ..and from server manager I can only add one key
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Hey,
Hope every one is doing well, I'm new to windows server licensing, and I have a question how many license do I need if I have a Dell server with 2 Physical CPUs and have 8 cores per CPU, but I use as a virtualisation solution vSphere v5 on it, and I need one VM with Windows server 2016 standard.