Required service data is also collected and sent to Microsoft for essential services. Essential services are services in the product that connect to Microsoft to keep the product secure, up to date, performing as expected or are integral to how the product works.
For more information, see Windows Essential services and connected experiences for Consumer customers and Windows Essential services and connected experiences for Enterprise customers.
Enterprise admin controls exist for some essential services. Data in the Optional category is not essential to the product or connected experiences, and you can control the collection of optional data independently from choosing to use specific product features or connected experiences. Examples of optional data include data we collect about your inking and typing input, to be able to provide more accurate and consistent results.
It may also include additional diagnostic logs or crash dumps that allow us to more deeply understand issues that are occurring on your device. For more details on optional diagnostic data collected by Windows and how it is used, refer to Diagnostics, feedback, and privacy in Windows.
When you choose to send Optional diagnostic data, it includes more detailed information than what is collected with Required diagnostic data as described above.
Required diagnostic data will always be included if you choose to send Optional diagnostic data. Optional diagnostic data in Windows includes the following data categories, but for more details and examples, refer to Windows Optional diagnostic data details :.
Microsoft provides a Diagnostic Data viewer to enable you to see what diagnostic data is being collected while you use Windows, for both Required and Optional diagnostic data. Enterprise administrators can control whether required or optional diagnostic data is sent to Microsoft. They can also control what connected experiences and many of the essential services that are available to their users. Learn more about the various options available to administrators to manage privacy settings in their organizations:.
Microsoft also offers consumers choices on how their data is being collected. Click on the links below to learn more about the data that Microsoft collects and the controls available to users:. Skip to main content. Data collection summary for Windows Published: October Important The information in this article applies to Windows 11 and Windows 10 version and later.
Overview Microsoft is dedicated to being transparent with our customers and giving them control over their data. Required data Data in the Required category is necessary to keep our products up to date, secure, and working as expected. Required diagnostic data Required diagnostic data is minimum data necessary to help keep the Windows operating system and integrated apps and services secure, up to date and performing as expected.
Required diagnostic data for Windows is limited to the following data categories: Data Category Description Examples Device connectivity and configuration data This type of Required diagnostic data includes details about the device, its configuration, and connectivity capabilities. Device properties such as the OEM manufacturer, processor type, and memory attributes. Device settings and configurations, such as networking and peripherals data. Product and service performance data This type of Required diagnostic data includes details about device or service health and performance.
Basic error reporting, such as whether updates were successfully installed. Additional cores can then be licensed in increments of two packs or 16 packs. Windows Server Standard and Datacenter editions continue to require Windows Server CALs for every user or device accessing a server see the Product Terms for exceptions , or Windows Server External Connector licenses for servers accessed by external users.
Rather than paying the full price for a new Windows Server virtual machine, you will only pay the base compute rate. Each set of 16 Windows Server core licenses with Software Assurance entitles customers to use Windows Server on Microsoft Azure on up to 16 virtual cores allocated across two or fewer Azure virtual machines.
Each additional set of eight entitles use on up to eight virtual cores and one Base Instance. In other words, once a minimum initial allocation of 16 licenses with Software Assurance is made, customers can add virtual cores up to eight to an existing or new virtual machine with incremental sets of eight licenses. Each incremental set of eight licenses must be allocated to a single virtual machine.
With Azure Hybrid Benefit, customers can move or add incremental workloads into Azure and pay non-Windows Linux pricing. With Datacenter Edition licensing, customers get these lower-cost instances in Azure while maintaining existing on-premises deployments.
This is referred to as dual use rights. Standard Edition licensing provides lower-cost instances in Azure, but does not provide dual use rights.
This means access to base Windows Server functionality on Azure does not require base Windows Server CALs, and customers can leverage the Azure hosting clause to host their own customer solutions. Customers may use Windows Server on other public clouds via infrastructure as a service IaaS offerings through authorized Service Providers.
In order to provide customers with a variety of options to license Windows Server, Microsoft makes licenses for Windows Server available to Service Providers for sale to customers as part of Service Provider solutions. This is done through agreement between Microsoft and Service Providers. Windows Server product page. Windows Server licensing guide. Windows Server licensing datasheet. Azure Hybrid Benefit. Introduction to Microsoft Core licensing. It allows you to use all types of containers and does not set any limit to the number of containers that you can use.
The Datacenter edition is equipped with unique product features. This enables you to run a trusted software and manage the keys required to start up shielded virtual machines. This also ensures that the enterprise or hosting company is aware of the Hyper-V hosts. The Windows Server Datacenter edition also has Storage Replica with no limits on the amount of data or number of volumes.
This allows you to replicate or back up all your data for disaster recovery, and ensure smooth functioning of your website. You can activate this edition either as a guest or as a host. This edition also has the feature of Software-defined networking, which allows you to program the network in a centrally-controlled manner. It also enables you to monitor and improve the network holistically, notwithstanding the network technology. Another feature is Storage Spaces Direct, which gives incomparable performance and efficiency when it comes to storage of data.
It uses industry-standard, highly-available servers to store your data in local-attached drives. Another advantage of the Datacenter edition is that you can virtualize an unlimited number of Windows Server instances within the physical Windows Server machine. The Windows Server editions are quite similar in features.
The only difference lies in the limits and a few unique product features. While the Standard Edition is suitable for small virtualized environments, the Datacenter edition is perfect for highly virtualized and cloud-based environments.
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