Windows server standard operating environment

Each additional set of eight entitles use on up to eight virtual cores and one Base Instance. In other words, once a minimum initial allocation of 16 licenses with Software Assurance is made, customers can add virtual cores up to eight to an existing or new virtual machine with incremental sets of eight licenses.

Each incremental set of eight licenses must be allocated to a single virtual machine. With Azure Hybrid Benefit, customers can move or add incremental workloads into Azure and pay non-Windows Linux pricing. With Datacenter Edition licensing, customers get these lower-cost instances in Azure while maintaining existing on-premises deployments.

This is referred to as dual use rights. Standard Edition licensing provides lower-cost instances in Azure, but does not provide dual use rights. This means access to base Windows Server functionality on Azure does not require base Windows Server CALs, and customers can leverage the Azure hosting clause to host their own customer solutions. Customers may use Windows Server on other public clouds via infrastructure as a service IaaS offerings through authorized Service Providers.

In order to provide customers with a variety of options to license Windows Server, Microsoft makes licenses for Windows Server available to Service Providers for sale to customers as part of Service Provider solutions. This is done through agreement between Microsoft and Service Providers.

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Licensing Windows Server for use with virtualization technologies. Windows Server Windows Server is the operating system that bridges on-premises environments with Azure, adding additional layers of security while helping you modernize your applications and infrastructure.

Windows Server site. About Windows Server. As part of that commitment, Microsoft supports the Common Criteria certification program, ensures that products incorporate the features and functions required by relevant Common Criteria Protection Profiles, and completes Common Criteria certifications of Microsoft Windows products.

This topic lists the current and archived certified Windows products, together with relevant documentation from each certification. The product releases below are currently certified against the cited Protection Profile, as listed on the Common Criteria Portal. The Security Target describes the product edition s in scope, the security functionality in the product, and the assurance measures from the Protection Profile used as part of the evaluation.

The Administrative Guide provides guidance on configuring the product to match the evaluated configuration. The Certification Report or Validation Report documents the results of the evaluation by the validation team, with the Assurance Activity Report providing details on the evaluator's actions.

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