Pricing and licensing

$6,155

Windows Server 2016 Editions

	Datacenter Edition	Standard Edition
Core functionality of Windows Server
OSEs/Hyper-V containers*	Unlimited	2
Windows Server containers	Unlimited	Unlimited
Nano Server
New storage features including Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica**
New Shielded Virtual Machines and Host Guardian Service**
New networking stack**
Licensing Model***	Core + CAL	Core + CAL
Price+	$6,155	$882

Pricing and licensing

• Datacenter Edition: For highly virtualized private and hybrid cloud environments
• Standard Edition: For low density or non-virtualized environments
• Information about other editions of Windows Server 2016 and Windows Storage Server 2016 will be provided in Q1 2016

Additional licensing resources
Download the Windows Server 2016 datasheetDownload the Windows Server 2016 Datacenter and Standard Edition licensing datasheetDownload the Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 licensing FAQ