Why do you need a license for each core on server processors?

Question

Windows Server

I'm building a server and I want to be at least partially ready! With other questions, as if everything is not bad, but here it’s right for that share! .I will be grateful for the info

Answer 1

Only the current version of the Datacenter is licensed per core. The standard is licensed differently. As far as I remember. For each version, they come up with something new... This is necessary so that Bill always has a sandwich with sturgeon caviar.

Answer 2

because Microsoft wanted it that way, that's why they did it, because they have the right

Answer 3

Previously, the processor was licensed in servers. When there were a lot of cores in processors, they switched to licensing cores (in fact, this is the same processor).
The idea is simple, the more you consume, the more you pay. A server with 20 cores can do more work than a server with 10. If you go the other way, the one who can and the one who needs pays more, if you can afford a powerful server, then be kind and microsoft pay more.

Answer 4

Because licensing server windows by cores is much more profitable for small soft ones than any other option. Now, to license a server, you need to buy at least a license for 16 cores (i.e. 8 packs of 2 cores each).

Answer 5

Good afternoon.
WS 2019 (current version) is licensed by the number of physical cores. You need to buy at least 8 core licenses for each CPU, and at least 16 licenses for the server itself. Licenses are sold in packs of 2 or 16. That is. for a server with 1 CPU, where no more than 16 cores, you need to buy 8pcs at 2lic or 1pc with 16lic.
VM on the server will be?