Microsoft published a few licensing details this month about its forthcoming Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 products.

Microsoft said last week that it will switch from a per-processor to a per-core licensing model when Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter editions hit the market sometime next summer ...

Windows Server 2016 moving to per core, not per socket, licensing This change aligns with the licensing scheme now used for SQL Server, among others.

The move to per-core licensing could increase the costs of Windows Server substantially and impact Software Assurance customers as well ...

Microsoft's Windows Server 2016, due in the third quarter of 2016, will be moving from per-processor to per-core pricing.

Microsoft plans to switch the licensing for next year's Windows Server 2016 to a per-processor-core basis, a move analysts said is at least partly a grab for money.

“With the virtual core licensing option, customers can elect to license Windows Server by the number of virtual cores they are using in virtual machines, making Windows Server easier to license ...

A new Windows Server 2012 licensing report was released this month by Directions on Microsoft.

There is a new bifurcated servicing model for Windows Server that depends in part on which installation option you choose.

Microsoft breaks vow to never license by core and will now charge for server cores much like they were processors. Here's the details.

This change aligns with the licensing scheme now used for SQL Server, among others. Read the whole story ...