[THIN] Re: Licensing Vista for VDI - Are you ready for VDI Maybe not
- From: "Jim Kenzig" <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 18:28:10 -0500
They state at the start of the article the following about XP
These updates do not apply to a Windows XP Professional license, because
that product is not covered by the October 1, 2006 PUR. However, they do
apply to the use of Windows XP Professional in place of licensed copies of
Windows Vista under Volume Licensing prior version rights. Customers should
consult their Volume License agreements for further details regarding
downgrade rights.
Sounds like you still have to get the VECD then exercise downgrade rights to
run XP I think.
Jim
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Joe Shonk <joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What's the alternative? Use a full blown license for each instance? I
> have customer who has extra XP licenses they wish to pool in this fashion.
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> Joe
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Jim Kenzig
> *Sent:* Friday, May 02, 2008 4:15 PM
> *To:* THIN; virtualize
> *Subject:* [THIN] Licensing Vista for VDI - Are you ready for VDI Maybe
> not
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> If you want to use Vista as a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) heads
> up. Did you know that only the Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized
> Desktop (VECD) version of Vista can be used this way. Here is a document
> that has the skinny.
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> http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/d/4/3d42bdc2-6725-4b29-b75a-a5b04179958b/licensing_vista_with_VM_technologies.docx
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> So as I understand it after you pay get the Hyper-V, Or Vmware VDI or
> Citrix Desktop solution license and server hardware, you'll need to of
> course pay for the local Windows Vista license the VECD one on the device so
> you can run a vista VDI. It gets very confusing. But the buttom line is if
> you aren't running VECD when accessing Vista in a VDI you are violating
> Microsofts licensing agreement. Hope you purchased the correct version.
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> Are you confused now? I still am. But I always thought that the synonym
> for Microsoft licensing is "Confusion". That is why we have VARs. LOL
>
> --
> Jim Kenzig
> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
> Citrix Technology Professional
> Blog: http://www.techblink.com
>
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Jim Kenzig
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
Citrix Technology Professional
Blog: http://www.techblink.com
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