Do I need separate Windows Server licenses for each Hyper-V virtual machine?
I am building a new server and plan to install Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise. I will create multiple virtual machines using Hyper-V. Each virtual machine will be installed with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. Do I need separate Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard licenses for each virtual machine that I create? I can't find any good documentation on this. Links to an official Microsoft website with explanation of the licensing would be appreciated!
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If you need more than 4 VMs, it is cheaper to use a single processor host and a Datacenter license. A Datacenter license on a dual CPU host is cheaper at about 7 VMs. Datacenter is licensed per processor, whereas Enterprise is licensed for the whole box, 1-4 CPUs. That is why I specifically mention a single processor host with Datacenter.
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