To use this benefit, your underlying license must have Software Assurance. With the Windows Server R2 Standard edition licensing model, you can grow your virtualization environment by either buying a step-up license to Datacenter edition if you have Software Assurance, or by simply buying additional Standard edition licenses and assigning them to the same physical server.
For example, if you have a two-processor server and want to run a total of four VOSEs, you can purchase two Standard edition licenses and assign them to the same server. Additional examples are shown in the following table. Windows Server R2. Windows Server R2 captures the experience Microsoft has gained from building and operating public clouds to deliver a highly dynamic, available, and cost-effective server platform for your datacenter and private cloud.
The following information provides an overview of your key licensing options. Licensing editions Compare features in all editions to determine the ideal solution for your virtualization and cloud computing needs.
Datacenter edition is ideal for customers who want to have a highly virtualized private and hybrid cloud environment. As always, it provides access to all the product features and enables unlimited instances of Windows Server with each license, enabling your virtual environment to grow as you do. The licensing for Datacenter edition will continue to be processor plus CAL Client Access License , with each license covering up to two physical processors on a single server.
If there are situations where new SQL Server important updates will not be provided and it is deemed critical by the customer but not by MSRC, we will work with the customer on a case-to-case basis to suggest appropriate mitigation. Software Assurance does not need to be on the same enrollment. Pricing is available on published price lists.
Contact your Microsoft partner or account team for more details. The price of Extended Security Updates acquired through Microsoft resellers is set by the reseller. Pricing for Windows Server Extended Security Updates is based on Windows Server Standard per core pricing, based on the number of virtual cores in the hosted virtual machine, and subject to a minimum of 16 licenses per instance.
Pricing for SQL Server Extended Security Updates is based on SQL Server per core pricing, based on the number of virtual cores in the hosted virtual machine, and subject to a minimum of 4 licenses per instance. Software Assurance is not required. Contact your Microsoft reseller or account team for more details.
If they licensed 8 cores for SQL Server on-premises and use Software Assurance benefits to have a secondary passive server i. Customers can then apply updates to their production workload on-premises and the secondary passive server i.
On—premises: Yes, Software Assurance is required for on-premises workloads. Azure Hybrid Benefit—hybrid cloud Microsoft Azure. However, they can move their workloads to Azure and get the Extended Security Updates for no additional charges above the cost of using the Azure service. Customers with Software Assurance through other enrollments e. Pricing for Extended Security Updates will follow the current license model for the server.
For example, Windows Server is licensed by core and is required for all physical cores on each server. Customers cannot buy partial periods e. EA and Extended Security Updates must overlap for at least one month at the beginning of each year of Extended Security Updates coverage. Customers must have active Software Assurance coverage or subscription licenses for at least one month at the start of each coverage period in order to be eligible for Extended Security Updates in that period.
If customers purchase Extended Security Updates while Software Assurance is active, but Software Assurance lapses before the Extended Security Update coverage period begins, customers will not be able to receive updates. Extended Security Updates are available annually, for a fixed month period. If a customer purchases Extended Security Updates in month 10 of the month period, that customer would still need to purchase the full 12 months. Customers must have purchased coverage for year 1 of Extended Security Updates in order to buy year 2, and coverage in year 2 in order to buy year 3.
Customers may buy coverage for previous years at the same time they buy coverage for a current period. It is not necessary to buy a certain period of coverage within that coverage period. Premier Support is not a base requirement, but an additional support contract is recommended if technical support will be required. Core licenses are sold in packs of two a 2-pack of Core Licenses , and packs of 16 a pack of Core Licenses. Each processor needs to be licensed with a minimum of eight cores four 2-pack Core Licenses.
Each physical server, including single-processor servers, will need to be licensed with a minimum of 16 Core Licenses eight 2-pack of Core Licenses or one pack of Core Licenses. Additional cores can then be licensed in increments of two cores one 2-pack of Core Licenses for servers with core densities higher than 8.
Customers cannot license individual Windows Server virtual machines. They must license the full physical server. Licensing requirements for Extended Security Updates on-premises align to the licensing requirements for the underlying Software Assurance coverage or subscription.
Customers will only need to know their Windows Server license position for a given server, to know how many Extended Security Update licenses they need.
Customers who have covered all the underlying cores of the physical server with Windows Server Datacenter licenses should buy Extended Security Updates for the number of physical cores, irrespective of the number of VMs running on that physical server.
Customers who have covered all the underlying cores of the physical server with Windows Server Standard licenses should buy Extended Security Updates for the number of physical cores, but will only be licensed to run and update two virtual machines on the server. Customers who wish to run and update more than two virtual machines on a server licensed with Windows Server Standard must re-license all of the physical cores on the server with both Windows Server Standard and Extended Security Updates for each additional pair of virtual machines.
Microsoft will only produce updates which can be applied on the latest Service Pack. For customers who do not have Software Assurance, the alternative option to get access to Extended Security Updates is to migrate to Azure. For variable workloads, we recommend that customers migrate on Azure via Pay-As-You-Go, which allows for scaling up or down at any time. For predictable workloads, we recommend that customers migrate to Azure via Server Subscription and Reserved Instances.
Licenses and Software Assurance do not need to be on the same agreement. However, we recommend customers complete migration before the End of Support date so that they do not miss any Extended Security Updates. If customers miss a year of Extended Security Updates coverage, they may buy coverage for previous years at the same time they buy coverage for a current period.
Yes, customers can start a new , R2, , or R2 instance on Azure and have access to Extended Security Updates. Customers who purchase Extended Security Updates for production servers may also apply those security updates to servers licensed under Visual Studio MSDN subscriptions at no additional cost. There is no limit to the number of MSDN servers a customer can cover. Premium Assurance is no longer available, but we will honor the terms of Premium Assurance for customers who already purchased it.
Software Assurance is required as a pre-requisite to Extended Security Updates. Extended Security Updates coverage is not required to be co-terminus with Software Assurance coverage, but customers must have at least one month of qualifying Software Assurance coverage remaining at the time a given year of Extended Security Updates coverage is purchased.
If they migrate to Azure, however, they can get support using their Azure Support Plan. When customers have purchased Extended Security Updates and have an existing support plan:.
Microsoft quietly published new pricing and licensing sheets for its coming Windows Server R2 product. The bad news: Those who want the Datacenter version are going to have to shell out 28 percent more for the R2 version than the current Windows Server Datacenter release.
These are prices for the Open NL version, which is the highest priced volume-license version. Users who are Microsoft Software Assurance SA licensees and who already have Windows Server won't pay anything additional to move to the R2 version of the product, according to the datasheet. The Datacenter edition does offer users unlimited installations of Windows Server on licensed hosts, which can be cheaper than licensing lots of VMs via the Windows Server and R2 Standard editions.
In fact, that's what Microsoft officials are saying when asked about the reason for the price increase in the Datacenter edition with R2. I asked a spokesperson what is behind the 28 percent price hike and got this statement:. For example, with Windows Server Standard Edition and Datacenter Edition customers can determine the option that works best for them, based on their virtualization needs.
Ideal for. Licensing model. CAL requirements [1]. Highly virtualized datacenters and cloud environments. Windows Server CAL. Standard [2]. Physical or minimally virtualized environments. Small businesses with up to 25 users and 50 devices.
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