Is XP/Windows 7 retail license, legal?
Hi, I'm a consultant and I have a handful of customers who might be interested of VMWare view. Here is the small business ranging from 30 to 100 users.
The plan was to replace workstations with energy efficient Thin Clients.
I started things out of price and pricing wise it doesn't seem to hurt. Not including widows licenses, a project of 30 reviews would cost about $25,000, includes servers, San, thin clients and VMware View licenses.
I have thought origanlly I could buy XP Retail Pro licenses or retail Windows 7 Pro licenses. Basically 140 $240 per license.
But then I started reading assign them positions on the licenses and now im just confused. Everybody keeps to need to have a VEDC license and a Microsoft SA agreement in order to be legal. Plus I would have to pay $100 per license, simply because im using a thin client.
If im trying to figure out what is the best way to go about licensing for windows?
Price wise things seem to get high if I have to pay $240 for a license windows and then $100 per year for the SA/VEDC license. I won't be able to sell to a customer.
To get to my question, the retail of Windows licenses are legal in a virtual environment?
Oh if this can help, is a small Setup program, so the plan is to ensure that each user will receive the same office every time they connect, there is no installation of swimming pools, so users will not get a VM that is different when they connect. -What helps with licensing?
Thank you
Mike
Yes, you will have to go with the FORM of license with Microsoft. If your use of a thin client, you will need to use the license part # DTA - 00051
It would be nice if we could buy a license, the retail of time or even a volume license but since its in a virtualized environment, you need to go with a VECD license.
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