Microsoft Windows Server

Microsoft Windows Server licensing on cores, CALs, Datacenter versus Standard, and Azure Hybrid Benefit. This category is the Windows Server file, not SQL Server and not Microsoft 365.

Posts here map the edition and the virtualization rights you actually hold. Broad EA true-up questions stay in Microsoft. Use this file when Windows Server is the SKU on the paper, including when it moves to a listed cloud.

Listed-Provider Pricing Is Now a UK Class File

By Alex Cojocaru | April 20, 2026

CAT certified an opt-out CPO on a Windows Server listed-provider claim. About 59,000 UK orgs. £1.7bn+ alleged. Have the Azure-versus-listed number first.

A New Deal for Europe: Microsoft Unveils Consumption-Based Licensing for Windows Server

By Alex Cojocaru | July 23, 2025

Microsoft has announced a significant change to its licensing model for Windows Server in Europe,…

Windows Server 2025 Kept Per Core. Sixteen Cores Per Server.

By Alex Cojocaru | June 17, 2025

You opened a 2022 versus 2025 comparison URL. Keep it. Windows Server 2025 is the…

Windows Server 2025 Licenses Cores. Standard Gets Two OSEs.

By Alex Cojocaru | June 2, 2025

You opened a 2025 licensing URL. Keep it. Windows Server 2025 is the current commercial…

‘Microsoft License Management’ Certification by The ITAM Review!

By Alex Cojocaru | August 6, 2024

We’re excited to announce that Licenseware has officially earned the ‘Microsoft License Management’ Certification from…

Licensing Q&A: How do I determine which Windows Server edition is more economical?

By Alex Cojocaru | January 12, 2023

If you have a hard time trying to figure out whether to go for the…

Microsoft Windows Server 2022 licensing guide

By Alex Cojocaru | January 11, 2023

Want to know the ins and outs of Windows Server 2022 licensing? Look no further,…