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Every server must have all of its cores licensed. Minimum number of cores per server is Cores are bought in packs of two. With Standard licenses you get 2 VMs every time you completely license the server’s cores, with a minimum of 16 each iteration. Either get 2 licenses 2x 16 cores or 1 licenses with additional 16 cores using 8x 2 core packs which you have done. If they are not MSVL, then keep the quotation, invoices and other hard-copies that was sent to you as proof of purchase.

You may want to scan them into PFD to be kept also. Things get more complicated if you have like 2 physical servers each 24 cores But others may just buy 3 licenses In the past, licenses have been ‘married’ to a machine. Splitting them into parts was never allowed. Still waiting to hear from Chris Microsoft , but I doubt that’s changed. Lots of conflicting answers on this one. Some say a Standard license is nothing more than Core Packs which would mean you could certainly split them between machines while others say no.

This seems to have gone a little off topic with splitting licenses and I think my original questions were a little lost on some because in my example I was using, the server had more than 16 cores which was the point of buying more than 1 Standard license. Yes I know if the server had 16 cores or less and I purchased 2 Standard licenses I could run 4 virtual machines ;.

To make things really cut and dry lets say I bought two of these » Server Standard » licenses from Newegg. If I added one key to my host server what would I do with the other key? Would the server not complain that I only installed 1 license when my machine has more than 16 cores? Second Example, lets say I bought 4 of these » 4 additional Core Packs » to license a server with 16 Cores. Do these 4 packs come with some sort of license key?

How would I add all 4 of them to a server? Technically Id have enough to cover all of my cores but where do I actually add the licenses if their are any? It’s cheaper, though, so maybe it makes sense for you. Core packs and licenses have never needed keys to exist or to apply to machines. This was true with older versions of Server as well. The keys are to activate Windows when you install it, not to confirm or apply your license. No, there are no keys to apply.

Again, licenses are just paper. You don’t actually do anything on the Server to apply a license. Never have. It’s an activation key, not a license key. The additional core packs don’t come with keys.

They are just licensing certificates you file away as proof that you are properly licensed. With OEM licensing, I don’t know if it’s okay to purchase two Standard core licenses and split them up between machines. Why have a different SKU if you can split up the standard item? Here is a screenshot I just took of Server asking for a product key to activate Windows. But even if we were talking about other types of licenses like CALs one would still enter the CAL information including the license key to activate the CALs on the server.

You may be able to just enter a bunch of random numbers, I’ve never tried it personally but that’s besides the point. The point I was trying to make is that there has always been a place to insert the key you received when purchasing a Microsoft product but now I’m a bit confusing as to how this process works when you basically purchase 4x of the same item to activate 1 product. I understand that licenses are just paper but there has always been a place to enter said license into Windows, Office, CALs and so on.

Even if you want to setup a Licensing server on your network you would still enter those licenses into a command prompt. If you recall Windows and non R2 and some versions of R2, they would not even install without a product key. Yes, that’s the confusion. You keep talking about Product keys as if they are licenses. They are not. They are to activate Windows and have almost nothing to do with licensing. Where are you entering CALs? You buy them and you keep track of them, that’s it.

Again, this is for activation. You use that MAK key on all installations. The key is to make your installation work. It does not indicate how many licenses you have or even if you have a license. You could go out on the Internet and find a key and use that illegally to activate Office. Having a key does not mean you have a license. Having a single key does not mean you only have one license, either. Keys are not licenses.

No matter which license type you select you have to enter the license information. I can add a screenshot of a RDS and Terminal server if you would like to see those as well. Pretty much same affair.

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