Windows Server offers additional features in the Standard and Datacenter editions. Features exclusive to the Windows Server Datacenter edition include Shielded Virtual Machines, software-defined networking, Storage Spaces Direct, and Storage Replica. Windows Server also includes features like unlimited Windows Server containers.
Windows Server Standard and Datacenter editions continue to require Windows Server CALs for every user or device accessing a server (see the Product Terms for exceptions), or Windows Server External Connector licenses for servers accessed by external users. In addition to the base Windows Server CAL or External Connector license, some functionalities require the purchase of an Additive Access License. Examples of additional or advanced functionalities include Remote Desktop Services or Active Directory Rights Management Services.
The Azure Hybrid Benefit lets you bring your on-premises Windows Server subscription licenses or licenses with Software Assurance to Azure. Rather than paying the full price for a new Windows Server virtual machine, you will only pay the base compute rate.
Each set of 16 Windows Server core licenses with Software Assurance entitles you to use Windows Server on Microsoft Azure on up to 16 virtual cores allocated across two or fewer Azure virtual machines. Each additional set of eight entitles use on up to eight virtual cores and one Base Instance. In other words, once a minimum initial allocation of 16 eligible licenses is made, you can add virtual cores (up to eight) to an existing or new virtual machine with incremental sets of eight eligible licenses. Each incremental set of eight licenses must be allocated to a single virtual machine.
With Azure Hybrid Benefit, you can move or add incremental workloads into Azure and pay non-Windows (Linux) pricing. With Datacenter Edition licensing, you get these lower-cost instances in Azure while maintaining existing on-premises deployments. This is referred to as dual use rights. Standard Edition licensing provides lower-cost instances in Azure, but does not provide dual use rights.
Use of Windows Server on Azure is subject to Azure Services in the Product Terms site. This means access to base Windows Server functionality on Azure does not require base Windows Server CALs, and you can leverage the Azure hosting clause to host your own customer solutions.
In order to provide customers with a variety of options to license Windows Server, Microsoft makes licenses for Windows Server available to Service Providers for access by end customers as part of Service Provider solutions. This is done through an agreement between Microsoft and Service Providers. Pricing for these Windows Server services offered by the Service Provider is set by the Service Provider.
Two new sets of rights were introduced in October 2022 for customers with subscription licenses or licenses with active Software Assurance. These are the Flexible Virtualization Benefit and the option to license Windows Server Datacenter and Standard by virtual machine.
Ok..i dont get it...I actually performed the exact same method and it is working for me.... i didnt use the key while install or after install..i just used it for converting the eval to full version and then activated using the activator.
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as I saw your response regarding a person having trouble i liked to write a message to you , as i am having some problems with my computer , I currently have windows 10 pro and i have not activated it yet as i dont have a product key but i tried to activate it through cmd and it activated but it is showing activated but i cant personalize my comp. and it is showing activate windows .
so if you can help me then its your great pleasure
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Also this is a Windows Server thread so Win 10 questions might not be allowed here so refrain from asking question in an incorrect thread, else thread moderators could remove your question altogether.
@chinchin85 It's not that questions about other products aren't allowed as much as we want to make sure that your questions get routed to the right teams, so if we see a post that is for a different product, we attempt to move it to the right forum to be addressed. Thanks for your feedback.
Thanks for the reply. My questions were based on Win 11 22H2 Preview branch being same as Server 2022 preview i.e 22463, hence the query regarding the release timeline (possibly of a Windows Server 2022 R2 or so...). But as you said, LTSC releases would happen after a gap of 2-3 years so that clarifies my queries. Thanks again
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Anyhow, when connecting to the server via RDP, the performance is terrible - For instance, launching SQL Server Managment Console takes a couple of minutes instead of seconds, even though the overall CPU usage is about 10% or so. Also, just popping up the Startmenu could take 10 sec or so. This all while the website is performing normally.
I'm guessing that since the server is optimized for "Background services" this might have something to do with it, or that there's some new super-smart throtteling going on with interface/user sessions.
It's possible the I/O demand on your disk storage is greater than it can handle. If this occurs for any extended amount of time, the overall responsiveness of your system will definitely suffer. In Resource Monitor on the Disk tab look at the blue line in the graphs. That line shows % Disk Active Time. If it stays at/near 100%, you've found why the system is slow.
- The only difference between Standard and Datacenter is the licensing, otherwise both are identical bits and bytes wise.
Datacenter in Server 2019 the only difference to standard is regarding to the virtualization rights. With one Datacenter license you are allowed to install one Hyper-V Host and run an unlimited number of virtual machines on it (Datacenter or Standard). In the older days there where more differences in terms of how many CPU's the OS supports and what the maximum RAM supported is, but with Server 2019 it all got the same (64 CPU's and 24TB of RAM): -us/windows-server/get-started-19/editions-comparison-19
Windows Server 2008 Standard. This version has built-in, enhanced Web and virtualization capabilities, powerful tools that give customers greater control over their servers and streamline configuration and management tasks, and enhanced security features that work to harden the operating system to help protect their data and network and provide a solid, highly-dependable foundation for businesses. With Windows Server 2008 Standard edition, customers get one virtual instance per license.
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise has the same features as Windows Server 2008 Standard, but with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise edition, customers get four virtual instances per license.
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. It helps customers improve availability and security features, and reduce infrastructure costs, by consolidating applications with virtualization licensing rights. And with Windows Server 2008 Datacenter edition, customers receive unlimited virtual instances per license.
Windows Web Server 2008. Designed to be used as a single-purpose Web server, Windows Web Server 2008 delivers a rock-solid foundation of Web infrastructure capabilities in the next-generation Windows Server 2008. Integrated with the newly re-architected Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework, Windows Web Server 2008 helps enable any organization rapidly deploy Web pages, Web sites, Web applications and Web services.
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems. Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems is optimized for large databases, and line-of-business and custom applications, providing high availability and scalability up to 64 processors to meet the needs of the most demanding and mission-critical solutions. Support for Itanium-based systems will now be offered through the new Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems edition, targeted at customers using the Intel Itanium platform and designed for these specific workloads.
All will be available in 32-bit or 64-bit versions, with the exception of Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems, which will only be available as a 64-bit version. Other changes include the availability of Windows Web Server 2008, a 64-bit edition of Web server. The Hyper-V feature will only be available with 64-bit editions of Windows Server 2008.
In response to industry and customer demands for more comprehensive technical support of virtual machines, Kelly also announced the Server Virtualization Validation Program. Beginning in June 2008, vendors will be able to self-test and validate certain technical requirements of their server virtualization software running Windows Server 2008 and prior versions. The program will enable Microsoft to offer cooperative technical support to customers running Windows Server on validated, non-Windows server virtualization software.
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