Description
Windows Server 2025 Datacenter is designed for organizations with demanding virtualization and scalability needs. It supports unlimited virtual machines and Hyper-V containers while offering advanced features such as Storage Spaces Direct and Software-defined Networking. Hotpatching minimizes downtime by enabling updates without restarts, and enhanced security features like VBS Enclaves and improved SMB encryption ensure robust protection.
With seamless Azure integration and support for hybrid IT environments, the Datacenter edition is the ideal choice for modern data centers.
The licensing model is again core-based, as has been customary since Microsoft Windows Server 2016. The following rules apply:
1. Each physical processor must be licensed with at least 8 cores.
2. Each physical server must be licensed with at least 16 cores.
Our table helps provide you with an overview.
