Microsoft Adapts Windows Server System Licensing to Virtualization Scenarios
To help drive innovation around the promise of self-managing dynamic systems, Microsoft is making investments, such as new licensing and use-rights policies, to allow customers to increase operational efficiency and become more responsive to the needs of the enterprise. Please review the resources below for more information:
PressPass article featuring Brent Callinicos, corporate vice president of Worldwide Licensing and Pricing
Brent Callinicos discusses the role customers, partners, and the industry played in Microsoft’s decision to update licensing policies for virtual environments.
Licensing Microsoft Server Products with Virtual Machine Technologies Licensing Brief
This licensing brief provides an overview of changes to Microsoft’s licensing models for the server operating system and server applications. The purpose of these changes and clarifications is to help you understand how to use Microsoft server products with virtual machine technologies such as Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. For more details, please review the Virtualization Whitepaper (see below).
Licensing Microsoft Server Products with Virtual Machine Technologies Whitepaper
This whitepaper provides an in-depth review of changes to Microsoft’s licensing models for the server operating system and server applications. The purpose of these changes and clarifications is to help you understand how to use Microsoft server products with virtual machine technologies, such as Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2.
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Dynamic Systems Initiative
The Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) is a commitment from Microsoft and its partners to deliver self-managing dynamic systems to help IT teams capture and use knowledge to design more manageable systems and automate ongoing operations, resulting in reduced costs and more time to proactively focus on what is most important to the organization.
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