Windows Server Editions
Windows Server Essential Edition
- Ideal for small business handling up to 25 users and 50 devices
- It has no virtualization rights or only one VM can be used.
- It means, when you install Hyper-V on this edition of Windows Server you need to remove all other services on base machine
- It supports hardware up to 2 CPUs and 64 GB RAM
Window Server Standard Edition
- Ideal for organizations which requires additional features to be used
- It supports virtualization up to 2 VM hosts
- H/w limit up to 512 Core CPUs and 24 TB RAM
Windows Server Datacenter Edition
- It supports unlimited VM hosts.
- It is designed for highly virtualized environment and private cloud organization
- H/w limit up to 512 Core CPUs and 24 TB RAM