To be fair I don't necessarily need a Win 7 VM to run my console apps, I can just install them on my laptop and VPN into the network or use cloud based services so that is not the end of the world.Ģ Windows Server Standard licenses, that will cover the Hyper-V host VMs. There are no plans for massive expansion any time soon.Īs markdotson has suggested, Data Centre would be extremely overkill for this particular set up. Thank you for your time reading this and any help/pointers will greatly appreciated, The other is for management applications (anti-virus consoles, firewall console etc.). how do I license the 2 Windows 7 Virtual machines? One will be for remote users to log into so they can run a few client applications. Apparently I do not even need to activate the product key on the host, as long as I only use that key on the 2 VMs on that server and nothing else.
I've read somewhere I could buy a server 2012 R2 standard OEM Reller Option Kit (Dell) and "assign" it to the host and use that product key to license the other 2 server VMs. How should I license the other two Server 2012 R2 VMs? Will I need to purchase 2 volume licenses for server 2012 R2? If so is there a particular 'type' for virtual machines? So, I believe I can activate two of the Server 2012 R2 virtual machine utilising the host's license (2CPU/2VMs) The host is only there to run hyper V, no other service. The host will be Server 2012 R2 Standard. 1 host, runs 6 VMs (4 Server 2012 R2, 2 Windows 7) Trying to understand Microsoft licensing is proving to be difficult. I will need to license a couple of virtual machines for a small company I provide support for. Is it too late to wish you a happy new year!?!Īnywho.
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