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Short answer licensing is complicated. &nbsp;Assuming you have to servers with the same version of Windows properly licensed you should be able to move the VM's between the servers with no need to update the guests licensing info.<br />
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MS PDF with details...<br />
<a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/virtualization.aspx" rel="ugc">https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/virtualization.aspx</a>
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Short answer licensing is complicated.  Assuming you have to servers with the same version of Windows properly licensed you should be able to move the VM's between the servers with no need to update the guests licensing info.

MS PDF with details...
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/virtualization.aspx [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/virtualization.aspx]

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Good morning everyone, <br />
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I would just like some clarity on hyper V VM Licensing please.<br />
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Can i move VM guests to different servers with different Server2012 licenses?<br />
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If say one VM guest was built on a particular server, with Server 2012 License A, if i want to move it to another server with Server 2012 License B?<br />
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Once moved, do i update the VM guest with the License of the new physical host it now resides on?<br />
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Thanks all
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Good morning everyone, 

I would just like some clarity on hyper V VM Licensing please.

Can i move VM guests to different servers with different Server2012 licenses?

If say one VM guest was built on a particular server, with Server 2012 License A, if i want to move it to another server with Server 2012 License B?

Once moved, do i update the VM guest with the License of the new physical host it now resides on?

Thanks all

Hyper V Guest License

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

licencing

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.