System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 may be purchased as a component of the Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Enterprise. VMM 2008 is also available without the management licenses of the other System Center sibling products. Lastly, for midsize organizations, VMM 2008 is available in a workgroup edition, which is limited to managing 5 physical hosts.
Note: All prices reflect pricing for purchases of licenses within the United States and are in U.S. dollars. The prices listed are estimated prices and reflect the starting prices (Open NL) of licenses that will be available in volume licensing programs; reseller pricing can vary. Virtual Machine Manager will not be available through retail channels.
Licensing Server Management Suites
Server Management Suites provide an easy and economical way for customers to get a complete server management solution for departmental or enterprise server environments. The SMSE—with VMM 2008—includes the following specific components:
Enterprise Server Management Licenses for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, Configuration Manager 2007 R2, Data Protection Manager 2007, and Virtual Machine Manager
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Management Server.
Rights to manage an unlimited number of operating system environments (OSEs) on a single physical server
For estimated retail pricing on System Center Suites, please visit the link below:
Virtual Machine Manager 2008 enterprise standalone
The VMM 2008 enterprise standalone edition consists of the only VMM’s enterprise management license plus the server management license. This edition also grants Rights to manage an unlimited number of operating system environments (OSEs) on a single physical server
There is no separate server license for the management server software—it is included as part of the Virtual Machine Manager 2008.
Virtual Machine Manager 2008 client management
The VMM 2008 client management license provides licensing per operating system environment (OSE) or per User.
There is no separate server license for the management server software—it is included as part of the Virtual Machine Manager 2008.
