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I have a server with 3 processors, each processor has 4 cores. How many license Window Server should I buy to comply with Microsoft policy?

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2024-10-25T09:36:19+00:00

I have a server with 3 processors, each processor has 4 cores. How many license Window Server should I buy to comply with Microsoft policy?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-25T09:53:03+00:00

    Hello Kenny Doan1,

    thank you for posting on the Microsoft Community Forums.

    According to Microsoft licensing policies for Windows Server:

    1. Windows Server is licensed based on physical cores.
    2. You need to license a minimum of 8 cores per processor.
    3. You need to license a minimum of 16 cores per server.

    Given your server configuration:

    1. You have 3 processors.
    2. Each processor has 4 cores.
    3. Total cores: 3 processors * 4 cores per processor = 12 cores.

    Since each processor must be licensed with a minimum of 8 cores, you need to license 24 cores (3 processors x 8 cores each).

    Hope it helps.

    Kind regards,

    Lei

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