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      A Former User
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      What about if I run it on a VM on my computer?

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        mlnews
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        There was another thread talking about this sometime this week. Windows has no licensing for an end user to deploy to a cloud. Cloud providers can get provider licenses that are billed to MS per hour and allow for cloud-based VDI. But you can never take your license and apply it to someone else's cloud. Not without some serious complications that make it completely impossible. Same basic things that make Windows Server impossible on a cloud.

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          A Former User @A Former User
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          @Aaron-Studer said:

          When Windows 7 launched, I was a Windows Insider, and they sent me a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.

          Can I use this in the cloud? It's a full retail copy.

          I believe you need license mobility which would require SA. You basically couldn't do it. without paying a ton

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            Reid Cooper @A Former User
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            @Aaron-Studer said:

            What about if I run it on a VM on my computer?

            VM = VDI. So sure, if you get VDI licensing at $100/year or whatever.

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              Reid Cooper @A Former User
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              @thecreativeone91 said:

              I believe you need license mobility which would require SA.

              VDI + SA. Maybe the two together would work. Ultimate isn't available with SA, though. Enterprise is the SA applicable version.

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                A Former User @Reid Cooper
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                @Reid-Cooper said:

                @thecreativeone91 said:

                I believe you need license mobility which would require SA.

                VDI + SA. Maybe the two together would work. Ultimate isn't available with SA, though. Enterprise is the SA applicable version.

                Yeah it would be enterprise only. I'm not even sure they do license mobility for OSes. I believe it's server applications only. No OSes (not even server).

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                  A Former User @Reid Cooper
                  last edited by A Former User

                  @Reid-Cooper said:

                  @Aaron-Studer said:

                  What about if I run it on a VM on my computer?

                  VM = VDI. So sure, if you get VDI licensing at $100/year or whatever.

                  Nope. You don't need a VDI license for that. It's a single physical instance in that case. Accessing it remotely is when the VDI Comes into play. You still need a full license for the Host and a full license for the VM guest though.

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                    A Former User
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                    Bummer 😞

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                      A Former User
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                      These are the only products you can get License mobility for:

                      MS Exchange Server
                      SharePoint Server
                      SQL Server Standard Edition
                      SQL Server Enterprise Edition
                      SQL Server Business Intelligence Edition
                      Lync Server
                      System Center Server
                      Dynamics CRM Server
                      Dynamics AX Server
                      MS Project Server
                      Visual Studio Deployment
                      Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
                      BizTalk Server
                      Forefront Identity Manager
                      Forefront Unified Access Gateway
                      Remote Desktop Services

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                      • Reid CooperR
                        Reid Cooper @A Former User
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                        @thecreativeone91 said:

                        @Reid-Cooper said:

                        @Aaron-Studer said:

                        What about if I run it on a VM on my computer?

                        VM = VDI. So sure, if you get VDI licensing at $100/year or whatever.

                        Nope. You don't need a VDI license for that. It's a single physical instance in that case. Accessing it remotely is when the VDI Comes into play. You still need a full license for the Host and a full license for the VM guest though.

                        Oh you are correct. But you can never access it remotely like you can a normal desktop. You are stuck using local console session only.

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                          A Former User @Reid Cooper
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                          @Reid-Cooper said:

                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                          @Reid-Cooper said:

                          @Aaron-Studer said:

                          What about if I run it on a VM on my computer?

                          VM = VDI. So sure, if you get VDI licensing at $100/year or whatever.

                          Nope. You don't need a VDI license for that. It's a single physical instance in that case. Accessing it remotely is when the VDI Comes into play. You still need a full license for the Host and a full license for the VM guest though.

                          Oh you are correct. But you can never access it remotely like you can a normal desktop. You are stuck using local console session only.

                          Depends. If you RDP into it from the same computer it's running on I think that is considered the same device. So there wouldn't be a VDA license needed.

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                            A Former User
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                            https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers

                            Hmmmmmmm....

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                              A Former User @A Former User
                              last edited by A Former User

                              @Aaron-Studer said:

                              https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers

                              Hmmmmmmm....

                              Do they sell windows licensing somewhere for their own infrastructure?

                              Edit: looks like they do at the $40/month plan has a single core cpu.

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                                A Former User
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                                I am starting to feel @thanksajdotcom pain.....

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                                  A Former User @A Former User
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                                  @thecreativeone91 said:

                                  @Aaron-Studer said:

                                  https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers

                                  Hmmmmmmm....

                                  Do they sell windows licensing somewhere for their own infrastructure?

                                  Yes, but there installs automatically.

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                                    A Former User
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                                    Why do you want windows in the cloud anyway?

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                                      A Former User @A Former User
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                                      @thecreativeone91 I just think it would be cool to have a hosted desktop.

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                                        A Former User @A Former User
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                                        @Aaron-Studer said:

                                        @thecreativeone91 I just think it would be cool to have a hosted desktop.

                                        Linux can do that too.

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                                          A Former User @A Former User
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                                          @thecreativeone91 said:

                                          Linux can do that too.

                                          Yeah, I thought about that too. Can't run windows apps then.

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                                            A Former User @A Former User
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                                            @Aaron-Studer said:

                                            @thecreativeone91 said:

                                            Linux can do that too.

                                            Yeah, I thought about that too. Can't run windows apps then.

                                            Which apps do you need? https://www.winehq.org/

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