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Hello Experts - I am currently backing up about a dozen virtual instances of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise using Veeam then replicating them offsite. &nbsp;If my primary site burns down am I legally allowed to use my offsite replicas or would I be violating the license terms by doing so?
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Hello Experts - I am currently backing up about a dozen virtual instances of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise using Veeam then replicating them offsite.  If my primary site burns down am I legally allowed to use my offsite replicas or would I be violating the license terms by doing so?

Licensing question regarding virtual replicas and Microsoft Server OS

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Microsoft Virtual Server was a virtualization solution that facilitated the creation of virtual machines on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Virtual machines are created and managed through a web-based interface that relies on Internet Information Services (IIS) or through a Windows client application tool called VMRCplus. Features included Linux guest operating system support, Virtual Disk Precompactor, symmetric multiprocessing (SMP), x64 host operating system support, the ability to mount virtual hard drives on the host machine and additional operating systems support, including Windows Vista, and a volume shadow copy writer.

Microsoft Virtual Server

The Microsoft Legacy Operating System topic includes legacy versions of Microsoft operating systems prior to Windows 2000: All versions of MS-DOS and other versions developed for specific manufacturers and Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions, and Windows Mobile.