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

This change brings Windows Server's licensing in line with SQL Server's; SQL Server 2014 switched to a per core model. So too did BizTalk 2013. Azure is also licensed on the basis of virtual ...

Microsoft last week announced it will 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 more revenue.

The move to per-core licensing could increase the costs of Windows Server substantially and impact Software Assurance customers as well If you thought Oracle’s licensing practices were bad ...

Windows Server 2016 per-core licensing: Source: Microsoft FAQ . Comments in a Spiceworks forum (signup required) expressed fears that the 16-core minimum for Windows Server 2016 licensing might ...

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 ...