2 vms included with core licensing.
Microsoft windows server 2019 datacenter license 2 cores.
For every 2 additional vms all physical cores must be licensed again.
Servers are licensed based on the number of processor cores in the physical server.
Datacenter edition provides rights for unlimited virtual machine oses and hyper v containers.
To give you a more consistent licensing experience across multi cloud environments we transitioned from processor based licensing to core based licensing for windows server 2019 datacenter and standard editions.
Datacenter edition provides rights for unlimited operating system environments or windows servers containers with hyper v isolation when all physical cores in the server are licensed.
Static license assignment and ose placement i e no ose mobility for standard edition only.
For each additional 1 or 2 oses all the physical cores in the server must be licensed again.
All physical cores in the server must be licensed.
Unlimited os environments oses or virtual machines or hyper v containers.
For specific pricing contact your microsoft reseller.
Standard edition provides rights for up to 2 operating system environments or hyper v containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed.
Avma keys can be used only when the host is datacenter edition.
For each additional 1 or 2 vms all the physical cores in the server must be licensed again.
2019 datacenter permits unlimited vms and hyper v containers when all physical cores in the server are licensed so no additional licenses are required for vms for windows server 2019 datacenter.