Oh and I know Brian posted a little about this a few months ago but this is the first time I have seen this document. I left out the fact that you have to be on SA to get VECD. That is the part that got my hot button. Jim On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > *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 > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/d/4/3d42bdc2-6725-4b29-b75a-a5b04179958b/licensing_vista_with_VM_technologies.docx > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Jim Kenzig > Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services > Citrix Technology Professional > Blog: http://www.techblink.com > -- Jim Kenzig Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services Citrix Technology Professional Blog: http://www.techblink.com