

This means that if deployed in the same location on the same hardware, Windows Server 2016 will cost as much as Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2019 Datacenter will cost as much as Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition. A Windows Server Client Access License is required for every user or device that uses services provided by Windows. Since you are using Standard, you also need to figure in the VMs: 16 core licenses x 2 VMs 2 16 core licenses.

All physical cores in the server must be licensed. Servers are licensed based on the number of processor cores in the physical server. vCenter Server Standard Edition for vSphere ESXi. Windows Server 2016 Core Licensing Calculator Datacenter Edition provides rights for unlimited virtual machine OSEs and Hyper-V containers. The OS cost for Windows Server varies based on the number of cores on the VM, may be reduced by the Azure Hybrid Benefit which allows you to bring your own license, and all costs may vary based on location, but you'll see during VM creation in the portal that all versions of Windows Server have the same hourly cost. A server with a single 8-core processor running Standard with 2 VMs: 1 proc x 8 cores per proc 8 core licenses, but that is under the minimum so you need 16 licenses. Server Storage Network SD-Exchange Dedicated Hypervisor Security Middleware Management.

Instead you'll find variations of Windows OS. Usually I would refer you to the Azure Pricing Calculator, the Azure Marketplace page, or even the Virtual Machine Pricing Page but you'll notice that on all of these resources, Windows Server isn't explicitly listed.
