> If you use Hyper-V and purchase the Enterprise license you get one > Physical machine license and 4 VM licenses, Data Center gets even better > but with VMware you get no licenses.
That is not correct. MS doesnt differentiate between an MS hypervisor and any other when it comes to the virtualization licenses allotted with Enterprise or Datacenter. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx#virt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Q. Do the virtualization licensing rights of Windows Server 2008 apply when used with non-Microsoft software virtualization technologies? A. Yes. The use rights apply regardless of the virtualization product being used. However, any non-Microsoft software virtualization technologies are not supported by Microsoft. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Andy O. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
