Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-24 Thread Davide Guerri
| Tel: +1(857) 453 6436 From: Willard Dennis [mailto:willardden...@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

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-24 Thread Razique Mahroua
, 2013 3:40 PMTo: Jay Pipes; openstack@lists.launchpad.net; Peter PouliotSubject: RE: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStackSee http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/product-activation-faq.aspxLooks like KMS would be the appropriate means; your MSFT reseller would sell you

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-24 Thread longeek
... 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

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-24 Thread Peter Pouliot
: Davide Guerri [mailto:davide.gue...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:11 AM To: Peter Pouliot Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net OpenStack Subject: Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack This is a very interesting thread for us :) How about desktop versions of Windows

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-23 Thread Jay Pipes
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

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-23 Thread Peter Pouliot
: 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

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-23 Thread Balamurugan V G
, 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

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-23 Thread Tim Bell
G Sent: 23 January 2013 18:12 To: Peter Pouliot Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack Thanks for the inputs everyone. My concern is if the activation/licence key input needs to be done on each VM after they boot up or its just

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-23 Thread Willard Dennis
, 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

Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack

2013-01-23 Thread Peter Pouliot
. 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.netmailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re: [Openstack] Windows instance licensing in OpenStack Ok, I