Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 isn't due out until the second half of 2016, but Microsoft execs are starting to communicate some of the licensing and pricing changes coming to its next server ...

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.

Microsoft published a few licensing details this month about its forthcoming Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 products. The documents are noteworthy not just for providing licensing details, ...

Microsoft published a few licensing details this month about its forthcoming Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 products. The documents are noteworthy not just for providing licensing details, ...

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, claiming ...

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, Microsoft ...