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This is a very interesting thread for us :)
How about desktop versions of Windows? Is there a volume license that can be used with the IaaS?
Davide.
On 23/gen/2013, at 21:45, Peter Pouliot <ppoul...@microsoft.com> wrote:
Site/Volume licensing works too. The KMS is there to enable/enforce the local activiation/licensing.
The details of any licenses are also affected by the product sku’s that are involved.
Peter J. Pouliot, CISSP Senior SDET, OpenStack
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From: Willard Dennis [mailto:willarddennis@live.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:40 PM To: Jay Pipes; openstack@lists.launchpad.net; Peter Pouliot Subject: RE: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack
See http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/product-activation-faq.aspx
Looks like KMS would be the appropriate means; your MSFT reseller would sell you a KMS license key to use for the appropriate pool of server / app instances, then it is loaded into the KMS server, which then activates the instantiated systems. I checked with MSFT Licensing, the rep said there is no limit on number of uses of a KMS license key, just an aggregate activation threshold. See further http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd197314.aspx for more details.
We don’t use KMS here, so don’t know about the hairy details, sorry...
Best, Will
From: Peter Pouliot Sent: January 23, 2013 12:04 PM To: Jay Pipes, openstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack
Ok,
I am no MS licensing expert, however. Here is my understanding of it.
If you are using a windows vm on a hypervisor other than windows server with the Hyper-V role enabled you need to license per vm.
If you are using windows server with Hyper-V enable you can license at the hypervisor/server rather than at the vm level.
This does not include Hyper-V server, which only requires licensing of the windows guests.
p
Peter J. Pouliot, CISSP Senior SDET, OpenStack
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center One Memorial Drive,Cambridge, MA 02142 ppoul...@microsoft.com | Tel: +1(857) 453 6436
-----Original Message----- From: openstack-bounces+ppouliot=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:openstack-bounces+ppouliot=microsoft....@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Jay Pipes Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:31 AM To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack
On 01/23/2013 08:41 AM, Balamurugan V G wrote:
Hi,
I wonder how the Windows Licensing would work in OpenStack. Lets say I have a Windows Image which I have already activated. Now if I launch N instances of this image, what are the SO licensing implications? Will I have to license/re-activate on each of the instances after they boot up?
If you use XenServer or KVM, I believe so, yes. I've heard that if you use ESXi you can get some sort of license for all Windows images on a host. Not sure of the details of this, though, I've just heard it through the IT grapevine...
Best, -jay
p.s. If you find out any more solid info, please do post back :)
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