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    • ?
      A Former User
      last edited by

      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
                  last edited by

                  @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
                            last edited by

                            @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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                            • ?
                              A Former User
                              last edited by

                              There's also the paid version https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-linux/

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @A Former User
                                last edited by

                                @Aaron-Studer said:

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

                                Hmmmmmmm....

                                CloudatCost offers that too.... but ALL of the legal issues are with you, not with them. That they make it work does nothing for the fact that your license isn't valid if used that way.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                                  @Aaron-Studer said:

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

                                  You can get that from Amazon. What you are looking for is hosted VDI and it is quite expensive. The big cost comes from MS licensing and there is no way around that high cost.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                                    @Aaron-Studer said:

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

                                    Why do you want Windows apps? 😉

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