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Windows Server Licensing Calculator (unofficial)

This tool helps to determine the number of required Windows Server 2022 Standard and/or Datacenter
licenses and estimate related costs.

Host specification:

# of hosts:
1 CPUs per host:
1 cores per CPU:
16

Max # of OSEs/VMs per host: 5

2-core pack cost:

Datacenter Standard
770 134

Calculate

Results Datacenter Edition Standard Edition

Number of hosts: 1 1

Maximum OSEs per host: Unlimited 5

To license physical cores on one


host:

cores to be licensed: 16 16

required core licenses: 16 16

covered OSEs: Unlimited 2

To license additional OSEs on one


host:

remaining OSEs to be licensed: N/A 3

required core licenses for OSEs: 32

Core licenses required for one 16 48


host:

Totals (all hosts):

physical cores: 16 16

core licenses: 16 48

2-core packs: 8 24

maximum licensed OSEs: Unlimited 6

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Total license cost: 6160 3216

Inputs:
Host specification - since the Windows Server 2022 Datacenter and Standard editions are licensed by
physical core, this tool requires information about the number of servers/hosts, the number of CPUs per
server, and the number of cores per CPU.
Max # of OSEs/VMs per host - the maximum number of Operating System Environments (OSEs) that
will be running
on one server. Note that License Mobility across Server Farms is not available for Windows
Server; therefore, each of the hosts must be licensed for the maximum load in an environment where
OSEs/VMs are expected to move between hosts on a regular basis.
If you need to calculate the number of
Standard Edition licenses for such environment, adjust this value accordingly.

This tool takes into account the following:


All physical cores must be licensed.
A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical processor and a minimum of 16 core
licenses is required for each server.
Standard Edition provides rights for up to 2 Operating System Environments or Hyper-V containers
when all physical cores in the server are licensed. For each additional 1 or 2 OSEs, all the physical
cores in the server must be licensed again.
Cost of core licenses sold in packs of two (two-core packs).
The maximum number of 64-bit sockets is equal to 64 (for both editions).
This tool does not cover:
Client Access Licenses (CALs) requirements.
Cost of core licenses sold in 16-packs.

See also:

MS Windows Server Licensing FAQ

Microsoft.com - Windows Server 2022 Editions Comparison

Microsoft.com - Product Terms

Virtualization Cost Calculator

Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise Edition Licensing Calculator

Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard Edition Licensing Calculator

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