Windows server 2019 standard for Virtual servers

Question

I have two physical servers; each server has 2 processor and 14 cores per processor. These servers installed with EXSi as the hypervisor. I am planning to create virtual server on both hosts and will allocate 4 virtual cores per server. If I purchase windows server 2019 standard edition with 32 core licenses, how many VM can i install with windows server 2019 in each host?

Answer 1

Can i use windows server 2019 datacenter 16 cores license, to install it onto two virtual machines with 4 cores each, on the host that have 28 cores?

No, you couldn't. The host must be licensed for all cores regardless of the hypervisor used.
https://download.microsoft.com/download/7/C/E/7CED6910-C7B2-4196-8C55-208EE0B427E2/Windows_Server_2019_licensing_datasheet_EN_US.pdf

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Answer 2

Some general info (regardless of the host hypervisor being used)

• Each host needs to be licensed.
• A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses is required for each server.
• Core licenses are sold in packs of two.
• Standard Edition provides rights for up to 2 Operating System Environments or Windows Servers containers with Hyper-V isolation when all physical cores in the server are licensed. For each additional 1 or 2 VMs, all the physical cores in the server must be licensed again.
• DataCenter Edition provides rights for unlimited Operating System Environments or Windows Servers containers with Hyper-V isolation when all physical cores in the server are licensed.

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