How it works...

License summary for System Center 2016:

• Core-Based licensing: Licensing is based on the number of physical cores on the servers under management, consistent with the Windows Server 2016 model. You need to license all physical cores in the server being managed. Minimum of 8 cores licenses is required for each processor and minimum of 16 cores required for each server. If you have, for example, even one 4-core CPU in server, it would be required to buy eight 2-core packs to license that server. The price of eight two-core packs will be the same as 2-processor licenses for SC 2012 R2.
• Consistent licensing model across editions: Core-based licenses for server management. User-based or operating system environment (OSE)-based license for client management.
• For endpoints being managed: No additional licenses are needed for management servers or SQL Server technology used in the System Center: