Thanks very much, Brian. Things have indeed changed quite a bit with the current version and licensing model.
I have setup SCVMM 2008 R2 in a test lab before, and I agree that it was simple and straightforward after a surprisingly shallow learning curve. Cheers, Richard Stovall On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Brian Desmond <[email protected]>wrote: > *It’s actually reasonably straight forward. All of the System Center > licensing is now rolled together into one big “management license [ML]”. > You either license it for servers or clients.* > > * * > > *In the case of servers, for virtualization, you would likely want the > Datacenter ML on a processor basis based on how many physical VM host CPUs > you have. Each Datacenter ML gets you two physical CPUs. So if you have 3 > dual socket hosts, you need 6 Datacenter MLs.* > > * * > > *See ** > http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/7/0/870B5D9B-ACF1-4192-BD0A-543AF551B7AE/System%20Center%202012%20Licensing%20FAQ.pdf > *<http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/7/0/870B5D9B-ACF1-4192-BD0A-543AF551B7AE/System%20Center%202012%20Licensing%20FAQ.pdf> > ** > > * * > > *You’ll want to stand up an SCVMM server to manage HyperV and/or ESX. I > found the install and figuring it out to be pretty painless. It includes > its own SQL license of sort so you don’t have to pay extra for that. * > > * * > > *Thanks,* > > *Brian Desmond* > > *[email protected]* > > * * > > *w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132* > > * * > > *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:42 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Windows InTune**** > > ** ** > > Which, apropos of nothing, reminds me of a recent conversation with the > boss.**** > > ** ** > > We were talking about our virtualization infrastructure since our VMware > licenses are up for renewal at the end of this month. He asked me if we > should go with MS and the newest version of Hyper-V on Server 2012 instead > of VMware.**** > > ** ** > > Long story short, I can't get a conversion done in a week, and Server 2012 > isn't going to be generally available until September 4th anyway, so it's a > non-starter for the moment. Next year, however...**** > > ** ** > > The question I have is how in the heck do I compare the direct costs of > licensing ESX(i) and Hyper-V 2012. Obviously I know my annual VMware > costs, and I think the Hyper-V bits are actually 'free'[1] in that they are > baked into the OS, but it's the System Center licensing that I really don't > understand. SCVMM? SCThis? SCThat? SCEssentials?**** > > ** ** > > SCWTF_Do_I really_need?**** > > ** ** > > If there is a concise guide out there about licensing this stuff for a > pure Hyper-V-only environment, I would definitely appreciate a pointer.*** > * > > ** ** > > Thanks, as always,**** > > ** ** > > RS**** > > ** ** > > [1] I've got current VL versions of Server 2012 Datacenter that I > could/will use if moving away from VMware.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Maintaining full capabilities without internet connectivity.**** > > **** > > Full capabilities without additional Internet-based licensing.**** > > **** > > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] **** > > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 6:11 PM**** > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows InTune**** > > **** > > Yeah…I have my reasons for some level of concern, but what’s yours?**** > > **** > > *From:* Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] > > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:54 PM**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows InTune**** > > **** > > Which scares the crap outta me.**** > > **** > > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 5:30 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Windows InTune**** > > **** > > What exactly do you want to know?**** > > **** > > InTune has come a long way in a short time and does a great job. And, > Microsoft is investing heavily in the future of InTune, and will eventually > marry ConfigMgr and InTune.**** > > **** > > *From:* Roger Wright [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 4:48 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Windows InTune**** > > **** > > We're seeing a greater need for something like Windows InTune for about > 10-15 machines that rarely touch our network. Currently, we have no way to > manage these machines and assure they're receiving Microsoft, Adobe, Java, > or other updates. VIPRE does report home, however, so at least that aspect > is covered. **** > > **** > > Any comments regarding InTune usage results or evaluations would be > helpful. 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