Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Datacenter License 2 Cores

For every 2 additional vms all physical cores must be licensed again.

Microsoft windows server 2019 datacenter license 2 cores.

2 vms included with core licensing. All physical cores in the server must be licensed. For each additional 1 or 2 oses all the physical cores in the server must be licensed again. For each additional 1 or 2 vms all the physical cores in the server must be licensed again.

Datacenter edition provides rights for unlimited virtual machine oses and hyper v containers. Minimum 8 core licenses required per physical processor. 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. 2019 datacenter permits unlimited vms and hyper v containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed so no additional licenses are required for vms for windows server 2019 datacenter.

Servers are licensed based on the number of processor cores in the physical server. Static license assignment and ose placement i e no ose mobility for standard edition only. Unlimited os environments oses or virtual machines or hyper v containers. Minimum 16 core licenses required per server.

Standard edition provides rights for up to 2 operating system environments or hyper v containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed. To give you a more consistent licensing experience across multi cloud environments we transitioned from processor based licensing to core based licensing for windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions.