At this point they are still missing Windows CALS for those desktops, as they are to be joined to AD and also consume other server based resources. So, in their case we need to also grab the CALs. Thanks for the comment! I added a summary of your comments in the post. Yes that is true — you do need the Server CALs as well. Hi Kenny. Which actually is correct. Ahhh, my mistake. Thanks Kenny. Agreed it can be tricky. Thanks for the feedback.
Much appreciated. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Virtual-Ice A virtualization blog. Good additions, I always use KMS for View because otherwise you can have very strange licensing counts and possible problems with Microsoft.
Nice article. But there are 2 questions left for me. Does VDI also mean to have e. How do you license the VMs? Do you need a extra Win license for each VM? Same question for me…what is the correct Windows 7 license in this Zero client scenario? But with Zero clients there is no bundled Windows license…. Easy to read. Easily the best licensing article I have ever read.
The value proposition is much clearer now, and it is all thanks to your excellent article. Thanks for posting this. Very informative. This really confuses me and I wondered if there is a valid way to work around this issue.
If it is a shared device no roaming use rights apply. VDA is based on devices not on users or it must be that those 50 users never work on a device at work, but thats not the case in scenario A. So the 50 users are covered under the roaming use rights, because they work at the office on a Thin client and occasionally work at home. You will need to get VDA licenses. Hope this clarifies it a bit.
I can see the advantages in topics like management, performance and security, but how do I sell the costs to customers? What about Office in this VDI scenario?
This would kill every VDI project before it starts….. Cleared up some questions but I have others. Our setup is we have 15 users who would use View. About 10 of those users would connect using multiple ways iPad, Laptop, home personal PC.
Altogether only 5 users would connect at the same time. Nice post; very thorough and well-designed. What is my best option as far as licensing Win7 for my VMs? Makes the ROI on virtualized desktops very difficult to justify. If you wanna know more about it I would like to suggest to read the following article:. Point 6 mentions: Only one user may access and use the software at a time.
Why Software Assurance? Which Option to Choose? Which License Terms apply? Does this mean we do not need CSL licensing anymore? Yes, I think so! Price There are no prices published yet and are unknown for the different options, when they are released I will update this post accordingly. Tags In Licensing. He serves as a partner and trusted adviser to customers and partners worldwide bridging business and technology.
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