I'm pretty sure that the underlying virtualization environment doesn't matter. For example, you can buy Datacenter licenses (per proc only, btw) for your ESX/vSphere hosts and an run unlimited MS VMs on them. My understanding is that you purchase the required licenses and 'assign' them to the processors in the VMware (or whatever hypervisor you use). As long as you've got the right number of licenses you're good to go. Here is a link describing the licensing model for MS Servers in virtual environments.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=9ef7fc47-c531-40f1-a4e9-9859e593a1f1&displayLang=en <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/confirmation.aspx?familyId=9ef7fc47-c531-40f1-a4e9-9859e593a1f1&displayLang=en> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows Standard should give you 1 extra license. Enterprise gives 4 as > you've noted, and DataCenter gives unlimited. > > It's a very good consideration if you're looking at Hyper-V > > > -ASB: http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker > Sent from my Verizon Smartphone > ------------------------------ > *From: * "Tom Miller" <[email protected]> > *Date: *Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:15:07 -0500 > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> > *Subject: *MS Server licensing and vm servers > > Hi All, > > I had a review yesterday with a MS licensing specialist which I found very > helpful. One thing I learned that I didn't know was that for each Windows > 2008 Standard license I purchase, I have two additional Windows 2008 > Standard licenses as VM servers, as long as those VM servers reside on the > same hardware that the original 2008 is installed onto. And that's four > additional licenses for Enterprise Servers. > > So, how are you all using this? I use XenServer and have a number of > virtual servers on a SAN, but can't use the "vm" licensing model here. I > suppose it might help in a small office where I need more than one server > (DC, Exchange, file and print) but just one box would be fine? > > Just asking for options/suggestions. > > Regards, > > > > Tom Miller > Engineer, Information Technology > Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board > 757-788-0528 > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
