Windows Server 2016 is the cloud-ready operating system that supports your current workloads while introducing new technologies that make it easy to transition to cloud computing when you are ready.

Now, no matter where you want to take your organization, get there with Windows Server 2016, bringing the innovation behind the world's largest cloud datacenter to yours.

Added Layers of Security

New Deployment Options

Built in Containers

Cost-efficient Storage

Innovative Networking

Licensing/CALS
Licensing cores based on consumption
- New computing models enable greater mobility of data and apps between on-premises and cloud
- Moving to Core Licensing model establishes a common currency for computing resources on-premises or in the cloud
- Aligns to the evolution of hardware technology shift to core density not processor density

To be compliant all physical cores must be licensed
- Minimum 12 cores/processor
- Minimum 24 cores/server