Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Datacenter - 16 Core License

• Advancements in Data Management and Virtualization
• Hyper-V & AI Integration
• Windows Server Hotpatching
• Mission Critical Data & Storage Solutions
• Availability: Electronic Download

Windows Server 2025 Datacenter is positioned to revolutionize server operating systems, offering advancements for the demands of contemporary IT environments. Through its blend of security, performance, and innovative management features, Microsoft aspires to deliver a server platform that enhances flexibility, security, and efficiency for enterprises and IT professionals alike.

Why Choose Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Datacenter?

Opting for Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Datacenter with a 16 Core License means choosing a future-proof solution designed to power your enterprise's digital transformation. Its comprehensive feature set, combined with the flexibility of unlimited virtualization and enhanced security, ensures that your organization is ready to meet any challenge head-on, whether it’s scaling operations, optimizing resources, or safeguarding critical data.

With this license, you’re not just investing in software—you’re empowering your business with the tools necessary to innovate and thrive in a competitive digital landscape. Choose Microsoft Windows Server 2025 Datacenter and take your enterprise to the next level.

Key features: 

• Hybrid: Adapt quickly across hybrid, cloud and edge. Easier to connect to Azure Arc to bridge on-premises and cloud-based servers. Deliver Azure capabilities to your on-premises servers.

• Security: Hardware and software-level security to deter cyberattacks; next-generation Active Directory that improves security and scalability. Enable a tailored security baseline and  configure drift protection from the start.

• Modern, future-ready platform: Windows Server 2025 is now easier to upgrade and scale, with better-than-ever app compatibility. Windows Server 2025 desktop brings consistent client and server UI experience, plus conveniences like WiFi and Bluetooth.

• Performance: Faster and easier networking and storage; live hotpatching for reduced downtime; GPU partitioning for inferencing at the edge. Improvements in flash-based storage make Windows Server an even better platform for SQL Server.

• Active Directory Domain Services: The latest enhancements to Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services (AD LDS) introduce a range of new functionalities and capabilities aimed at optimising your domain management experience.

• Desktop shell: When you sign in for the first time, the desktop shell experience conforms to the style and appearance of Windows 11.

• Delegated Managed Service Account: This new type of account enables migration from a service account to a delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA). This account type comes with managed and fully randomized keys ensuring minimal application changes while disabling the original service account passwords.

• DTrace: Windows Server 2025 comes equipped with dtrace as a native tool. DTrace is a command-line utility that enables users to monitor and troubleshoot their system's performance in real-time. DTrace allows users to dynamically instrument both the kernel and user-space code without any need to modify the code itself. This versatile tool supports a range of data collection and analysis techniques, such as aggregations, histograms, and tracing of user-level events.

System requirements:

To install Windows Server correctly, your computer must meet the minimum hardware requirements below.

Unless otherwise specified, these minimum hardware requirements apply to all installation options (Server Core and Server with Desktop Experience) for both Windows Server Standard and Windows Server Datacenter editions.

CPU Minimum:

• 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor
• Compatible with x64 instruction set
• Supports NX and DEP
• Supports CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, and PrefetchW
• Supports Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT)

RAM Minimum: 

• 512 MB for Server Core

• 2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience

• ECC (Error Correcting Code) type or similar technology for physical host deployments

Storage Minimum:

• 32 GB of space

Other Requirements:

• UEFI 2.3.1c-based system and firmware that supports Secure Boot
• TPM 2.0 for BitLocker encryption
• DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver for server with desktop experience
• Internet access for updates and cloud integration features