Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Dec 17 18:45:46 CST 2013
Hi Gustav: I can hardly speak as a expert on Windows licensing. My understanding is that it is complex to say the least. When I was working full-time, my clients were either government or larger companies and they bought site licenses and for my own use I bought a yearly tech account (I understand that has gone away now(?)). Maybe you can give some of your experiences and costs in deploying a Hyper-V server with 15 to 20 (KVMs (?)) using various platforms. Does each virtual drive, require a complement of products, depending on the service provided, need to be separately licensing, charges according to the number of concurrent users or is there a site license or VD license available? Do you have any estimates of costs? Does Microsoft have a strategy like Docker with its "Containers" and be able to be as easy to deployed or are there additional licensing issues? Aside: Microsoft paid a large amount of money towards Linux development, especially in OpenSuse, from which Docker, Mono, the Linux version of Visual .Net Studio and Hyper-V was fully developed. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk> To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2013 3:16:56 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Can Microsoft just let go for a moment? Hi Jim The article does seem to add confusion, which the count of comments also indicates. And what is your friend's issue? The Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is free no matter what it hosts. However, and of course, the VMs must be licensed as normal. That said, the Hyper-V install may not pay off if you plan to host Windows 2012 R2 servers only. Then it will be cheaper to use the Windows Server 2012 R2 as host as it comes with two licenses more for Windows Server 2012 R2 it may host. For larger setups, you can use the Datacenter editions where one license allows for one host and unlimited VMs. But in general, MS licensing is a nightmare. For the same reason we stopped active selling of other than OEM and simple package licenses. /gustav >>> accessd at shaw.ca 14-12-13 5:29 >>> Hi All: I was trying to help a friend out with his attempting to get a full and legal Hyper-V system up and running and he is just about ready to toss in the towel. Just ran across this article and it seems to say it all. http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/12/12/feature_microsoft_caught_in_virtual_monkey_trap Microsoft is not doing itself any favours...I wonder if the next set of MS management will have the courage and the comprehension to see the light? Jim _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com