Pricing for Windows Server 2008 Announced

November 14, 2007

In case you missed the announcement on Monday, here’s the pricing information for Windows Server 2008:

• Windows Server 2008 Standard: $999 (with five Client Access Licenses, or CALs)
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise: $3,999 (with 25 CALs)
• Windows Server 2008 Datacenter: $2,999 (per processor)
• Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems: $2,999 (per processor)
• Windows Web Server 2008: $469
• Windows Server 2008 Standard without Hyper-V: $971 (with five CALs)
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise without Hyper-V: $3,971 (with 25 CALs)
• Windows Server 2008 Datacenter without Hyper-V: $2,971 (per processor)

(No pricing on Cougar / SBS 2008 yet – still too early)

If you’d like a handy visual reference of what’s new in Windows Server 2008, check out these FREE handy downloadable posters in PDF format (these were the ones in the July 2007 TechNet Magazine):

• Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Components (1.9 MB)
• Windows Server 2008 Feature Components ( 1.9 MB)

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