If you get 2008 Enterprise you get one physical and 4 virtual. The virtual license key are different than the Physical license key.
Jon On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Oliver Marshall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ...or is it that each additional *windows* based VM requires an > additional license (which is fairy-nuff) and any NON-windows VMs don't > require a separate MS license? > > I guess what I'm trying to work out is whether the ability to run > additional VMs requires an additional license or whether its the OS *IN* > the VM that requires an additional license. > > Olly > > -----Original Message----- > From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 October 2008 13:16 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Hyper-V license question > > Hi chaps, > > I'm looking at porting some of our VMWare VMs to HyperV instead. We have > a new server running 2008 Standard. The MS licensing page for HyperV > says that I can run one VM server on the Standard edition and that > additional licenses are required for each VM. > > Does that mean an additional 2008 Standard license is needed for each VM > or do they sell a separate VM license for additional VMs in 2008 > Standard ? > > Olly > > -- > G2 Support > Online Backups > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://www.g2support.com > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
