Like most other MS OS licensing, isn't there a 120 day eval for SBS? If so, as long as you will only have that environment up for 120 days or less, and the fact that it is a temporary test environment, I'd be inclined to say it falls under the intent of 120 day eval... but I am not a lawyer and YMMV!
If all of your other licensing is in check, then I wouldn't sweat it, because that shows honest intent to comply. If your other licensing is way out of whack, then you've got bigger issues on your hands, and you need to talk with a licensing house such as Softchoice or SoftwareOne... Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) on the Verizon network. On Feb 10, 2011 9:22 AM, "Ken Cornetet" <[email protected]> wrote: > They want you to buy an MSDN license for that. > > From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 9:16 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Licensing Q. > > I have a client that just last night I stood up their 2nd Hyper-V server. They are an SBS 2003 shop and now I (think I) have the capability to test upgrading to a 2008 DC in a sandbox. > > Question: Am I violating a license agreement by using a copy of the production SBS server in a VM environment to test changes that if successful will get deployed to the production SBS server? The VM won't talk to anything outside its sandbox I just intend to test a schema change and 2008 DC addition so I can be comfortable what I doing will work in their environment. I'm pretty sure the letter of the EULA is "only one copy bub" but I don't think what I'd like to do is really against the intent. I can't imagine MS would want me to buy an SBS 2003 license just to stand up a test box just to test a change. > > Or maybe they do? > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected]<mailto: [email protected]> > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
