Microsoft Windows Server Datacenter – 2 Core License with Software Assurance allows organizations to expand their Windows Server Datacenter licensing to cover additional processor cores while gaining the benefits of Microsoft Software Assurance. Windows Server Datacenter is designed for highly virtualized and enterprise data center environments that require advanced scalability, security, and infrastructure management.

The 2-core license pack is used to license additional processor cores beyond the base server licensing requirement. This flexible licensing model allows organizations to align their Windows Server licensing with the total number of cores installed on their server hardware.

Software Assurance provides valuable benefits such as upgrade rights, deployment flexibility, and additional support resources.

Key Features

Enterprise Data Center Platform
Run mission-critical applications and large-scale workloads with enterprise-grade reliability.

Unlimited Virtualization Rights
When all physical cores are licensed, Windows Server Datacenter allows unlimited Windows Server virtual machines.

Flexible Core Licensing
Add additional core licenses to match server hardware configurations.

Software Assurance Benefits
Includes version upgrade rights, licensing flexibility, and access to deployment resources.

Licensing Requirements

• Requires a base Windows Server Datacenter license

• Each license covers 2 processor cores

• All physical cores on the server must be licensed

Ideal For

• Highly virtualized infrastructure

• Private cloud deployments

• Enterprise data centers

• Servers with high core counts