Used Microsoft Windows Server 2025 licences
Buy a used Windows Server 2025 licence
If you want to use the Windows Server 2025 software released on 1 November 2024 in your company, you will need a Windows Server 2025 licence. You can purchase this directly from the manufacturer Microsoft, but they will charge you a significantly higher price than you would pay for a used Windows Server 2025 licence from Soft & Cloud. Incidentally, the price is the only difference, as all Windows Server 2025 functions are also available to you with a used licence for an unlimited period of time, but at a significantly lower price. Find out here how you can permanently reduce your IT costs with used licences from Soft & Cloud.
Features of Windows Server 2025 at a glance
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 is a platform for application programmes and heralds a new era for server operating systems. The software offers a high level of security for applications and data thanks to various protection functions, such as Identity Management with Exploit Guard and Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection. Local Windows servers can be easily and quickly integrated into an Azure cloud infrastructure. This means you can also easily implement hybrid solutions and control all functions centrally. Updates, patches and drivers are applied automatically and rule-based with Windows Server 2025; this significantly reduces the administration effort and relieves your IT specialists.
The latest version integrates numerous innovations that improve the scalability and security of server environments. These include, for example, hot patching, i.e. the installation of updates without restarting, the integration of TLS 1.3 and improvements in Active Directory, optimised server management in the Windows Admin Center and improved performance for virtual machines and containers.
What is the difference between a used Microsoft Server 2025 licence and the purchase of a new licence?
If you purchase used licences from Soft & Cloud, the only difference is the price. You will only receive used and legal licence keys from us, which we purchase throughout Europe using a TÜV IT-certified process and offer at particularly favourable conditions. These are always 100% original licences that are no longer required due to staff reductions, insolvency or IT changes, for example, and are therefore offered for sale.
As Soft & Cloud has a strong industry network, we also offer a wide range of used software, including licences for older program versions as well as current ones such as Windows Server 2025 - and our prices are up to 70% cheaper. Soft & Cloud is also the first dealer for used software to offer a TÜVIT-certified licence transfer. This means that all legal requirements for a legal resale are met, as stipulated by the European Court of Justice in a ruling on 3 July 2012.
A comparison of licences for Windows Server 2025
To operate Windows Server 2025, you need a sufficient number of server licences as well as additional access licences, so-called Client Access Licences (CALs). Windows Server Remote Desktop Services (RDS) requires its own RDS CALs, which are needed to access terminal servers.
A Windows Server 2025 External Connector licence is a cost-effective option for access licensing for large companies where it is not possible to allocate access precisely or which require a very large number of access licences. With the Windows Server 2025 External Connector, the access of all external users to Windows Server 2025 (and previous versions) is licensed on a flat-rate basis, which is cheaper than individual licensing from around 50 CALs.
The licensing of Windows Server is core-based, which means that all physical cores of a server require a core licence. A minimum of 8 core licences is also required for each processor and a minimum of 16 core licences for each server. The server licences for the core-based editions Windows Server 2025 Standard and Windows Server 2025 Datacenter are available in packages with 2 or 16 cores. With the Standard edition, 2 virtual machines or 2 Hyper-V containers can be virtualised. Windows Server 2025 Datacenter enables an unlimited number of virtual machines and Hyper-V containers. This edition also offers unlimited storage replication (standard: max. 2 TB) and additional functions and features such as a hyper-converged infrastructure, software-defined storage and networks as well as shielded virtual machines.
Buy used Windows Server 2025 licences
When you buy used licences for Windows Server 2025 from Soft & Cloud, you are not taking any risks. This is because the used licences we offer all come from trustworthy, legal sources and were correctly delicensed by the previous owner before being sold. We document all relevant processes in a legally compliant manner and thus ensure that you only purchase 100% legal, audit-proof original licences from Soft & Cloud.
We can often provide you with the required licences immediately or procure them within a few working days via our network. After completing your purchase, you will receive the Windows Server 2025 key required for permanent activation; the Windows Server 2025 ISO required for installation can be downloaded free of charge from the Microsoft website.
Frequently asked questions and answers
Does Windows Server 2025 exist?
1 November 2024 is the official Windows Server 2025 release date. On this date, Microsoft presented the latest version of this server software: Security improvements compared to previous versions as well as new hybrid cloud features on a powerful, AI-enabled platform. Like the previous versions, Windows Server 2025 is available in three different editions (Standard, Datacenter, Essentials).
When is the new Windows Server coming?
Microsoft introduced the latest version of the software on 1 November 2024 with Windows Server 2025. Since then, interested parties have been able to purchase licences for Windows Server 2025 or evaluate the software free of charge for an initial period of up to 180 days. Microsoft is again offering this version in three different editions (Windows Server 2025 Standard, Windows Server 2025 Datacenter, Windows Server 2025 Essentials).
When is SQL Server 2025 coming?
The new Microsoft SQL Server 2025 (SQL Server 17.0) has been announced by the manufacturer for Q3 2025 and is advertised as an AI-enabled database for companies. If you would like to test the new version and some of the new features before the final release, you can register free of charge with Microsoft for the preview that has already been released.
How long will Windows Server run?
According to Microsoft, mainstream support will be offered for Windows Server 2025 until 9 October 2029. Until this date, Microsoft will provide users who have licensed the software with free updates and patches, e.g. to plug security gaps or provide new functions. The extended end date for Windows Server 2025 is 10 October 2034.
