![]() Physical host needs the appropriate license(s) for the operating systems to be run in the VMs.Īgain, even though I spent twelve years working for Microsoft in a role that had me regularly dealing with licensing issues, I always relied upon the licensing specialists in my office to deal with any licensing questions. You cannot spread the VMs you have the right to run across different hosts. The right to run is part of the license assigned to the physical host on which Windows Server 2008 R2 is running. VMs) of Windows Server 2008 R2 or earlier. " That is not a true statement If you read the licensing document, you will see that it actually states that it the license contains the 'right to run' up to four operating system instances (otherwise known as ![]() You state " Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition includes 4 Windows Server 2008 R2 It licenses the physical host on which the VMs are running. It is too easy to get wrong answers in a technical forum like this. I completely agree with Leon that you should really talk with a trained Microsoft licensing specialist to get answers for licensing questions.
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