"The licensing for Standard edition will continue to be processor plus CAL, with each license covering up to two physical processors on a single server, just like Datacenter edition." - http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/windowsserver2012-r2.aspx#tab=2

>I am looking at purchasing a a license and didn't realize that MS started charging by CPU. What I can't seem to find out is if the 2 CPU license means cores or sockets. The server I have has two sockets with with 4 core CPU's in each.
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>Thanks.