Microsoft System Center Standard Core

With comprehensive monitoring, hardware and virtual machine provisioning, robust automation, and configuration management, System Center 2016 offers a simplified datacenter management experience. Stay in control of your IT resources across the datacenter and the cloud.

Brand	Microsoft System Center Standard Core
Product Type	Open License Product
Version	2016
Distribution Media	VLSC Portal Media
System Requirements	App Controller Server ; Pentium 4, 2 GHz (x64) Dual-Processor, Dual Core, 2.8 GHz (x64) or greater; RAM:4 GB; Disk: 1 GB.
Feature 01	The System Center 2016 licensing model for Standard and Datacenter will be the same as 2012 R2 with server and client management licenses. As with System Center 2012 R2, the 2016 editions will be differentiated by virtualization rights only. Licenses are required only for the endpoints being managed. No additional licenses are needed for the management server or SQL Server runtime.
Feature 02	The server management licensing of System Center 2016 will move to be based on physical cores. The core based licensing will align with Windows Server 2016 model to provide a consistent licensing metric for managed VMs.
Feature 03	Server MLs are required for managed devices that run server operating system environments (OSEs). System Center 2016 server MLs will be core based. To license the OSEs under management, all physical cores must be licensed in the server being managed.
Feature 04	A minimum of 8 core licenses is required for each physical processor in the server and a minimum of 16 core licenses required for each server.
Feature 05	Standard Edition provides rights to manage up to 2 OSEs when all physical cores in the server are licensed. Multiple licenses can be assigned to the same cores to manage additional OSEs.
Feature 06	CMLS: Client Management Licenses (CML) are required for managed devices that run non server OSEs. CMLs are available on a per OSE or per user basis. Configuration Manager, Endpoint Protection, and the Client Management Suite are sold as CMLs and server MLs.
Feature 07	System Center 2-proc licenses with SA will be exchanged for a minimum of 8 two-core pack licenses (16 core licenses) or the actual number of physical cores in use on the server under management.
Feature 08	At the end of agreement term, customers should do a self-inventory to document the number of physical cores in each processor in use that are licensed with System Center processor licenses with SA. This will enable customers to receive the appropriate number of core licenses to continue deployments.
Feature 09	Standard Edition licenses with SA assigned to four proc servers managing more than 2 OSEs will receive license grants to cover the additional OSEs. If no inventory is done, grants of 16 core licenses (8 two-core packs) will be provided for each 2-proc license with SA.
Feature 10	Customers in existing Microsoft license agreements, such as an Enterprise Agreement, will be able to continue to purchase processor licenses through the end of the term of the agreement.
Feature 11	Customers can do self-inventory using the Microsoft Assessment Planning Toolkit, the Microsoft Software Inventory Logging Aggregator (new tool) or other inventory tools and processes to achieve a time/date stamped inventory of hardware.
Feature 12	All System Center 2016 server management licenses with active Software Assurance qualify for License Mobility through the Software Assurance benefits. Server MLs can be assigned to manage OSEs running in public cloud infrastructure. SA on a Standard Edition license permits management of 2 OSEs and SA on a Datacenter Edition licenses permits management of 10 OSEs in the cloud.
Feature 13	Customers with processor licenses with Software Assurance (SA) can upgrade to System Center 2016 at no additional cost. At end of the SA term, processor licenses will be exchanged for core licenses and customers can renew their SA on core licenses.