Windows Server 2016 Core Licensing Calculator
Standard Edition provides rights for up to 2 virtual OSEs or Hyper-V containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed. Customers can increase 2 VMs at a time by licensing all the physical cores in the server again.
Datacenter Edition provides rights for unlimited virtual machine OSEs and Hyper-V containers.
Licensing Calculator
Number of physical processors on the server
Number of physical cores per processor
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Required Licensing
Recommended Base License*
0 Windows Server® 2016 Standard (24 core)
0 Windows Server® 2016 Standard (16 core)
Recommended Additional Core License(s)
0 Windows Server® 2016 Standard (16 core)
0 Windows Server® 2016 Standard (4 core)
0 Windows Server® 2016 Standard (2 core)
*Install media and product key are only provided
with the Base License
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- Servers are licensed based on the number of processor cores in the physical server. All physical cores in the server must be licensed.
- A minimum of 8 core licenses are required for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core licenses are required for each server.
The number of required licenses shown is only intended for informational purposes. All information on this page is intended for educational purposes only and could change without notice. This is not a source of authoritative licensing planning.