Hyper V Server 2016 Licensing

December 6 2015 chan 4 comments. Demystifying windows server 2016 licensing. Virtualization licensing policies remain unchanged.

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I have a new dell poweredge r730 server with 2 cpus and 22 cores this server has no os so i purchased 1 windows server 2016 standard edition.

Hyper v server 2016 licensing. So much of the content available for the hyper v role on windows server 2016 also applies to microsoft hyper v server 2016 windows server isn t free windows server costs money. It looks like the guys at the redmond campus have released a brand new licensing model for windows server 2016 currently on technical preview 4. The hyper v server license. Since 1 windows 2016 standard covers 2 vms i built 2 windows 2016 server vms on hyper v 2016 free hypervisor os.

The windows hypervisor technology in microsoft hyper v server 2016 is the same as what s in the hyper v role on windows server 2016. The first type of deployment for hyper v reviewed in this blog post is the standalone hyper v server 2016. How does the licensing work if you use the free hyper v server and you have vms with windows server operating systems running on that host. The os is free not the other products.

Hyper v server is a stand alone product that contains only the windows hypervisor the other roles need additional license. Regarding this fact new rules impact only users with powerful multicore processors. Windows server 2016 brings its own set of licensing rules and guidelines. Each couple of cores is licensed.

Comparing licensing options for hyper v role on windows server 2016 and free hyper v server 2016. I have one doubt related to windows license and its usage on hyper v confusion was given by my server provider i leased one server with 1 cpu 64gb ram 2hdd 1 windows server 2012 r2 standard edition. Now one paired license costs equal the 1 8 of windows server 2012 license. Windows 2016 licensing on hyper v microsoft windows server 2016 licensing impact on private cloud virtualisation platforms.

Making up names for hyper v. I installed os in the host machine and created one hyper v account and installed microsoft windows server 2012 standard on it as well. Unlike other reported improvements to windows server such as the. So is hyper v core 2016 still free like 2012 was.

In november 2015 microsoft announced a significant change to windows server 2016 and hyper v licensing models. In one of our previous blog posts we described in detail how hyper v role and hyper v server differ in terms of installation user interface vm management clustering use cases and licensing. The image below describes how does windows server 2016 licensing work. Hyper v server 2016 is distributed for free and can be downloaded from microsoft s site.

You can use hyper v server 2016 for an unlimited period of time without paying anything and without activation but there are no licenses. This change slated to go into effect during the third quarter of 2016 marks a shift by microsoft from a per processor to a per core licensing model for windows server 2016 standard and datacenter editions. Installed hyper v server 2016 microsoft s free hypervisor os.