Servers

How Many Cores/Processors Do I Need?

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open the Task Manager. Select the Performance tab to see how many cores and logical processors your PC has...

Differences between Microsoft Servers

Essentials

An affordable and lightweight server option, ideal for small businesses. It has all the essential features and supports up to 25 users and 50 devices with a single license. Although it is the cheapest of all, it does not include some advanced features such as Active Directory, failover clusters or virtual machines.

Standard

Ideal for businesses with physical server configurations or minimally virtualised. It gives...

Licences for Physical Cores:

In this licensing mode, the cores of the physical machine are licensed. This allows for maximum performance of the physical machine and the Windows Server. It is also the most expensive option, as if a physical machine has many cores per processor, licensing them all requires several licences. You can also choose to license only a certain number of physical cores, but the server will not operate at the same processing speed as if all the cores are licensed...

Windows Server and CAL Licences

If you want to learn more about what CAL's are and why Microsoft requires them for each user and device that accesses the Windows Server, keep reading.

What are CAL’s and why are they needed?

CAL’s, as briefly described above, are Client Access Licences. These licences allow the user to access the Windows Server and its functions, whether it's the database, mail servers, Power Automate, etc.

There are 4 types of CAL; The User CAL...