Windows Server physical core floor
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Floor / minimum
- Statement
- PT-WS (EA/EAS/SCE; latest listed change 10 August 2026): “The number of Licenses required equals the number of Physical Cores on the Licensed Server, subject to a minimum of 8 Licenses per Physical Processor and a minimum of 16 Licenses per Server.” Do not import this 8/16 floor onto SQL Server.
- Applies when
- Licensing Windows Server Standard or Datacenter by Physical Core on a Server under Per Core/CAL (volume Product Terms).
- Applies to
- Windows Server Standard and Datacenter; Per Core/CAL (Windows Server). Not SQL Server.
- Aliases
- Windows Server 8/16; 8 per processor; 16 per server
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