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Virtual PC guest OS licensing

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 05/04/2007
From: "Curtis Hill" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I know MS has special provisions for server licensing (see below), but is
there the same sort of "value and flexibility" for guest desktop OSs? We
would like to have a library of several OSs available to us; i.e. XP SP1, XP
SP2 with and without IE7, Vista (no Home versions as I know that is strictly
prohibited) and other various common configurations.

We want to do this as legally as possible, but having a separate license for
every version very quickly gets cost prohibitive. If, on the otherhand, we
can pay only for the maximum number of running instances at any given time
would seem to be much more reasonable.

"Licensing by running instance improves the value and flexibility of Windows
Server System products. Customers will no longer license every inactive or
stored instance of a Windows Server System product. Customers can now create
and store unlimited numbers of instances, including those for backup and
recovery, and pay only for the maximum number of running instances at any
given time."

from:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/oct05/10-10VirtualizationStrategyPR.mspx

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Re: Virtual PC guest OS licensing

Sent: 05/04/2007
From: "Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)>
Message:

If this is for testing and/or developing or it's for production (ie. running
legacy applications without the purpose of testing them)? If it's for
testing/developing, then buying a MSDN Operating Systems Subscription for
each employee who will have to work with this library is probably, by far
and large, the most cost effective solution:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa718657.aspx

From http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700832.aspx , its official
price is $699 (US$) for a new subscription and $499 for renewal after the
first year but you can probably find a street price lower than that. Note:
if you choose not to renew after a year, you still keep the right to use or
install any OS for which you got a license during the subscription's year
but you won't get access anymore to any new versions of operating systems
after that.

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC
E-mail: sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)

"Curtis Hill" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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>I know MS has special provisions for server licensing (see below), but is
>there the same sort of "value and flexibility" for guest desktop OSs? We
>would like to have a library of several OSs available to us; i.e. XP SP1,
>XP SP2 with and without IE7, Vista (no Home versions as I know that is
>strictly prohibited) and other various common configurations.
>
> We want to do this as legally as possible, but having a separate license
> for every version very quickly gets cost prohibitive. If, on the
> otherhand, we can pay only for the maximum number of running instances at
> any given time would seem to be much more reasonable.
>
> "Licensing by running instance improves the value and flexibility of
> Windows Server System products. Customers will no longer license every
> inactive or stored instance of a Windows Server System product. Customers
> can now create and store unlimited numbers of instances, including those
> for backup and recovery, and pay only for the maximum number of running
> instances at any given time."
>
>
>
> from:
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/oct05/10-10VirtualizationStrategyPR.mspx
>
>

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