Microsoft has released a white paper to help clarify how
its licensing works with virtualised Windows Server
environments.
In the white paper, the manufacturer explains how its server
software is priced when being used with third-party virtualisation
software.
Customers however will be demanding a whole new set of figures
when the firm’s Windows Server 2008 is released later this
year.
The
"Licensing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 to
Run with Virtualization Technologies" white paper outlines
how to license the current version of Windows Server when used
with systems including VMware ESX, VMware Vmotion and SWsoft
Virtuozzo.
In addition, it explains the licensing arrangements for
Microsoft’s own System Center Virtual Machine Manager platform.
Windows Server 2008 will have built-in
virtualisation, but users will still be able to use third party
virtualisation systems when it arrives.
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