Hi, Thank you both for your replies. In this case you need to buy the number of licenses to cover all VMs on all hosts for each physical server as if you are migrating all VMs from all hosts to one host. If you are currently using VMware, are willing to migrate to Hyper-V instead, and have an Enterprise Agreement, Microsoft wants to give you some free licensing for Windows Server Datacenter. So while Microsoft was always saying that VMware has higher licensing costs this might actually no longer be the case when Windows Server will hit the market second half of Core licenses are sold in packs of two. VMs running Windows virtual servers need to be migrated between hosts.
 
 

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Microsoft is kicking off a nine-month promotion on September 1 which will offer VMware users free Windows Server Datacenter licenses for switching from vSphere to Hyper-V. The September 1 start date is a bit odd, since Windows Server isn’t “launching” until the last week of September at Microsoft’s Ignite show, and won’t be generally available until early October I guess the extra month up front is for those who want to kick the tires of the latest Windows Server technical preview before committing.

The fine print of the offer also stipulates that customers who switch workloads to Hyper-V only qualify for free Windows Server Datacenter licenses when they buy Windows Server Datacenter plus its Software Assurance volume-licensing plan — meaning customers still have to buy Software Assurance to get the free license to Datacenter Server. The downloadable data sheet about the migration offer notes that in addition to the free Windows Server Datacenter licenses, participating users will get free online training through Microsoft Virtual Academy.

The offer ends June 30, Windows Server Datacenter is one of a handful of Windows Server editions Microsoft will be releasing this year. The Datacenter version is for “highly virtualized datacenter and cloud environments.

Users who want to deploy Nano Server mode — whether on Datacenter or Standard — need to have Software Assurance coverage in order to do so. Nano Server is one of three installation options in both Windows Server Standard and Datacenter. See this blog post for more details on the coming servicing options. Datacenter Edition also includes features like Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica, Shielded virtual machines, and a networking stack, which are not part of Standard Edition.

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