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Microsoft Windows Server

Description

Microsoft is now using core-based licensing for both the Windows Server 2025 Standard and Datacenter editions:

  • All physical cores in the server must be licensed.
  • Servers are licensed based on the number of processor cores in the physical server.
  • Licenses are sold in packs of 2 or 16 core licenses.
  • A minimum of 16 cores are required to be licensed for each server.
  • A minimum of 8 cores are required to be licensed for each physical processor.

Licensing

  • Perpetual

Prices

  • Windows Server 2025 Standard 2-Core: $32 
  • Windows Server 2025 Standard 16-Core: $243 
  • Windows Server 2025 DataCenter 2-Core: $175 
  • Windows Server 2025 DataCenter 16- Core: $1,394 

Before placing an order, please contact Departmental Software for a price quote.