I just read an article that says there will be a change in MS’s Product Usage Rights (PUR) document. Right now, if you are using internal licensing (and subject to CAL’s) then you’ve got some complications. The January 2009 defines a scenario where if you have …
- A few Windows 2008 Servers running Hyper-V
- Many VM’s on those hosts running Windows 2003
- Many users that are accessing the Windows 2003 VM’s only (not the Windows 2008 servers)
… then you must have Windows 2008 CAL’s! The author states that MS are changing the PUR and hope to get something out by the end of January 2009. Hopefully they will because this licensing requirements is just plain silly and wipes out the cost benefits of Hyper-V over any other virtualisation product.
Credit: Data Center Strategies.