Windows Server 2016: Guide to Changes in Microsoft Licensing
By adopting a per-core licensing structure for Windows Server 2016, Microsoft aligns licensing for public and private clouds.
Software license announcements are rarely exciting, but some recent news from Microsoft provides great insight into how the company views the cloud and the role Windows Server 2016 will play in it. In a Dec. 6 message to customers, Microsoft detailed a new licensing and pricing model for the new server operating system. It focuses…