Actually, just to be clear, you can run as many guest VMs as you want - there's no technical limit. The difference is in how many guest Windows Server OSes are automatically licensed or covered without additional cost by the host's license. 2 for Standard and unlimited for Datacenter. You can actually assign multiple Windows Server standard licenses to the host to increase the number of guests licensed - this does create a licensing dilemma for live migration though so is not the best option if you plan on using live\quick migration.
J From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mohamed, Hatem (ext) Sent: Monday, September 9, 2013 7:54 PM To: <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mssms] Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter The only difference between the 2 are data center allows you to virtualize more than 2 systems with it. Otherwise there is no difference in technical feature set or max capabilities. http://blogs.technet.com/b/ieitpro/archive/2012/10/08/windows-server-2012-editions.aspx On Sep 9, 2013, at 7:48 PM, "JRIT" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Folks, I am planning my new SCCM servers and now I have a question, when need I use Windows Server 2012 Standard or Datacenter for SCCM 2012 SP1? Any recommendation? Tnx a lot,
