Windows Server Datacenter Edition Core Licensing Question

Question

I do bought a new Dell Server, It has a 12 Core Intel Xeon 4310 Processor

(12 Core / 24 Thread processor with 18M cache and it runs at 2.10 GHz with a Turbo of up to 3.3 Ghz)
16GB RDIMM, 3200MT/s, Dual Rank (370-AEVQ )

I would like purchase Windows Server Datacenter Edition for this Server which I would like run virtual machines on this server. What would be the recommended Licensing of Windows Datacenter for this server

Thank you

Answer 1

How about using using 8 core licenses on this server for virtual machines and physical server ?

Sorry, same answer. A minimum of 16 core license is required for each server plus in order to use virtualization all physical cores must be licensed. vCPU assignments for the virtual machines does not affect licensing.
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

• 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.
  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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