Category: Windows Server 2022

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Windows Server subscription for Azure Stack HCI


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Microsoft have announced a new way for Azure Stack HCI customers to license their Windows Server guest VMs. The snappily titled “Windows Server subscription for Azure Stack HCI” (WSSASHCI) allows organisations to purchase Windows Server licenses via their Azure subscription.

Currently the versions available are:

  • Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition
  • Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2012 R2

Pricing

WSSASHCI is currently free in public preview but once it hits General Availability (GA) it will be $23.6 per physical core (in your Azure Stack HCI cluster) per month.

Further Reading

Announcement

Docs page

Azure Stack HCI page

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Windows Server 2022: New release model


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Microsoft have updated the release model for Windows Server 2022. There will no longer be a Semi-Annual Channel, instead there will only be the Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC). A new version of the LTSC will be released every 2-3 years, and each release will receive 10 years of support – 5 mainstream + 5 extended.

They state the focus of the Semi-Annual Channel was innovation around containers and microservices and that this work will continue within Azure Stack HCI instead.

Further Reading

Microsoft Docs page

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