The updated policy will apply to licenses purchased starting on April 2, 2020, and to existing licenses where customer installs a new release of VMware software on or after April 2, 2020. That is, the license will cover CPUs with up to 32 physical cores. With this change, VMware is still using the per-CPU licensing model, but we will require one license for any software offering that we license on a per-CPU basis, for up to 32 physical cores. Any customer who purchases VMware software licenses, for deployment on a physical server with more than 32-cores per CPU, prior to Apwill be eligible for additional free per-CPU licenses to cover the CPUs on that server.Ī: VMware is more closely aligning to the industry standard of licensing software based on CPU cores as a primary licensing metric. For the few customers who are currently deploying our software on CPUs with more than 32 cores, or for those that are in the process of purchasing physical servers with more than 32 cores per CPU, we are providing a grace period after the licensing metric change goes into effect on April 2, 2020. This change will likely have no impact on the vast majority of our current customers since they use Intel and AMD-based servers that are at or below the 32-core threshold. The 32-core limit is designed to minimize customer impact given current core counts for most CPUs used in the industry. It also helps us keep our pricing simple and relevant to where the hardware market is going. This approach will make it easier for customers to compare software licensing and pricing between VMware (using per-CPU with up to 32 cores) and other vendors (using per core pricing). The change moves VMware closer to the current software industry standard model of core-based pricing. Today’s announcement is a continuation of VMware’s journey to align our product offerings to industry standard pricing models. If a CPU has more than 32 cores, additional CPU licenses will be required.

While we will still be using a per-CPU approach, now, for any software offering that we license on a per-CPU basis, we will require one license for up to 32 physical cores. This new pricing model will give our customers greater choice and allow us to better serve them. Today we announced an important update to our per-CPU pricing model, reflecting our commitment to continue meeting our customers’ needs in an evolving industry landscape.

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