Windows Server 2019 Additional Licenses are available from HPE in increments of 2, 4, and 16 cores. In addition, for every 2 VMs added in Windows Server 2019 Standard, all of the cores of the server must be licensed again. This means, if the server has more than 16 cores, Additional Licenses must be utilized. However, these licenses differ when you look at Virtual Machine licensing: Windows Server 2019 Standard provides licensing for 2 VMs, while Windows Server 2019 Datacenter permits unlimited VMs.Īnother important rule of Windows Server core-based licensing is that all physical cores of the server must be licensed. Both Windows Server 2019 Standard and Windows Server 2019 Datacenter base licenses cover up to 16 processor cores. The first rule of Windows Server core-based licensing is that every server requires a minimum of a single Windows Server 2019 base license. Now, let's jump in to the different types of licenses starting with Base Licenses.
This means that licensing is based on the number of server processors.