{"id":12185,"date":"2012-03-09T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12185"},"modified":"2012-03-09T12:15:13","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T12:15:13","slug":"core-infrastructure-suite-cis-license-for-windows-server-system-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12185","title":{"rendered":"Core Infrastructure Suite (CIS) License for Windows Server & System Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve just been told that Microsoft are launching a new license bundle that includes Windows Server and System Center, with built-in Software Assurance.\u00a0 You can think of it as a replacement for ECI<\/a> which was limited to large purchases of at least 25 licenses (25 * 2 CPU hosts) through Large Account Reseller (LAR) and SPLA license agreements.<\/p>\n

This new simple bundle, is the perfect way to license Windows in virtualisation (Hyper-V of course, and even VMware\/XenServer) and System Center.<\/p>\n

There are 2 SKUs for CIS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
SKU<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLicensed Physical CPUs<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nLicensed
\nVMs (OSEs)<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n		System Center Included<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nWindows Server Included<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Standard<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nStandard<\/td>\nStandard or Enterprise<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Datacenter<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nUnlimited<\/td>\nDatacenter<\/td>\nDatacenter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Each CIS covers 2 CPUs in the physical machine. The SKU licenses the host and all the VMs on the licensed host for Windows Server and System Center.\u00a0 And don\u2019t forget that:<\/p>\n