Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing
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And, of course, you can use XenServer, KVM or VMware ESXi instead of Hyper-V and there is no change to licensing.
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A server with just HyperV core is a limited install, not the full windows features.
If you install server like a standard OS install and just add the HyperV role, that is different than the free HyperV Core and will need a license for that.That is my understanding.
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@Texkonc said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
If you install server like a standard OS install and just add the HyperV role, that is different than the free HyperV Core and will need a license for that.
That is my understanding.
It is different, that is correct. The Hyper-V portion is identical, but you are encumbered with a Windows Server VM that is tied to the Hyper-V installation in a bad way and it requires a license.
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@scottalanmiller said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@Texkonc said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
If you install server like a standard OS install and just add the HyperV role, that is different than the free HyperV Core and will need a license for that.
That is my understanding.
It is different, that is correct. The Hyper-V portion is identical, but you are encumbered with a Windows Server VM that is tied to the Hyper-V installation in a bad way and it requires a license.
Correct understanding, but the terms are bad and part of the confusion.
There is no such thing as Hyper-V Core. The product is Hyper-V Server 2016 (or 2012, or 2012 R2).
Server 2016 (or 2012, or 2012 R2) have a install method called Core.
Microsoft caused this problem by naming the ISO for Hyper-V Server
hypercore.14393.0.161119-1705.RS1_REFRESH_SERVERHYPERCORE_OEM_X64FRE_EN-US.ISOI do not have Hyper-V Server 2012 ISO handy, but it had a similar name.
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@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
Server 2016 have a install method called Core.
Actually it doesn't. The install options are
- standard
- standard with desktop experience
- datacenter
- datacenter with desktop experience
The ones without desktop experience are what used to be called Core installs. I think MS does have the term Core still sprinkled around inside the OS and documentation though.. just adding more to the confusion.
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@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
Server 2016 have a install method called Core.
Actually it doesn't. The install options are
- standard
- standard with desktop experience
- datacenter
- datacenter with desktop experience
The ones without desktop experience are what used to be called Core installs. I think MS does have the term Core still sprinkled around inside the OS and documentation though.. just adding more to the confusion.
They changed again? I have not installed 2016 yet.
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@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
Server 2016 have a install method called Core.
Actually it doesn't. The install options are
- standard
- standard with desktop experience
- datacenter
- datacenter with desktop experience
The ones without desktop experience are what used to be called Core installs. I think MS does have the term Core still sprinkled around inside the OS and documentation though.. just adding more to the confusion.
They changed again? I have not installed 2016 yet.
Yep. And this time I actually agree. The whole idea, I think, being that MS is moving toward a non GUI on the servers being the standard way of installing/using Windows Server going forward.
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@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
Server 2016 have a install method called Core.
Actually it doesn't. The install options are
- standard
- standard with desktop experience
- datacenter
- datacenter with desktop experience
The ones without desktop experience are what used to be called Core installs. I think MS does have the term Core still sprinkled around inside the OS and documentation though.. just adding more to the confusion.
They changed again? I have not installed 2016 yet.
Yep. And this time I actually agree. The whole idea, I think, being that MS is moving toward a non GUI on the servers being the standard way of installing/using Windows Server going forward.
Not a bad scheme, and I do agree that the move to no desktop by default is good.
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@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
Server 2016 have a install method called Core.
Actually it doesn't. The install options are
- standard
- standard with desktop experience
- datacenter
- datacenter with desktop experience
The ones without desktop experience are what used to be called Core installs. I think MS does have the term Core still sprinkled around inside the OS and documentation though.. just adding more to the confusion.
They changed again? I have not installed 2016 yet.
Yep. And this time I actually agree. The whole idea, I think, being that MS is moving toward a non GUI on the servers being the standard way of installing/using Windows Server going forward.
Not a bad scheme, and I do agree that the move to no desktop by default is good.
yeah when I installed it last week I was a bit concerned thinking the media I downloaded was Core only (the name of the media includes core - even MORE confusing)... I didn't really read the whole list when I installed - I saw standard, assumed it was the same as in 2012 and just installed, but when it came up, it came up with a command prompt only.
After digging around for a while, I found the info about the With desktop experience junk, reinstalled and life was good.
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@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@Dashrender said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
@JaredBusch said in Windows Server 2012 R2 Licensing:
Server 2016 have a install method called Core.
Actually it doesn't. The install options are
- standard
- standard with desktop experience
- datacenter
- datacenter with desktop experience
The ones without desktop experience are what used to be called Core installs. I think MS does have the term Core still sprinkled around inside the OS and documentation though.. just adding more to the confusion.
They changed again? I have not installed 2016 yet.
Yep. And this time I actually agree. The whole idea, I think, being that MS is moving toward a non GUI on the servers being the standard way of installing/using Windows Server going forward.
They made that very public as their goal when PowerShell was released long ago.
