Microsoft is offering enterprise users two new ways to
license.
The new VECD (Vista Enterprise Centralised Desktops) provides a
way for IT directors to deploy and run
Windows Vista
Enterprise in virtual machines on server hardware. Windows is
centrally executed in the data centre and delivered out to either
PCs or thin clients.
The discless model supports installations where Vista is run
from a central server.
Scott Woodgate, director in the Windows Business Group said,
“The licence to use discless PCs is available at no charge for
Windows Vista Enterprise customers – it’s essentially a change to
the existing Software Assurance licence, providing customers more
flexibility.”
VECD is available to businesses running Software Assurance for
an annual, per-device subscription fee. The fee varies based on
whether the business is licensing PCs or thin client, Woodgate
said.
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