Windows server datacenter virtualization rights

He is fun and energetic in his style of communication and has a way of making technical concepts easy to understand. He loves talking about what technology can do. Previous post Next post. Get weekly blog updates. Cheers for trusting us with the spot in your mailbox! Start free trial. December 11, at Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Comment Name Email Website. Hi, How things are going there on this issue? Please let me know if you would like further assistance.

Best Regards, Eve Wang Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help. Monday, August 26, AM. Hi, Is there any update? It would make this reply to the top and easier to be found for other people who has the similar problem.

Tuesday, August 27, AM. Hi Eve, I have a couple of questions. OK - finally got this sorted out - I able flabbergasted how little documentation was on Microsoft's website and other support sites. I swear it seems like I am the very first person to ever attempt this!

I had to first apply the host machines 25 digit code to the VM. Starting to update components Starting to install product key Finished installing product key. The operation completed successfully. Restart Windows to complete this operation. Vincent Hu. Vincent is right. Yes, you can install unlimited number of guest OS if the computer is powerful enough. The same with other OS. Q: KMS is the way to activate windows server and you need to have windows server from a volume license media that would not require activation.

Is KMS free? Q: you need to have windows server from a volume license media that would not require activation. A: You can use volume license to install Windows Server , but is volume license free? No need to buy? For technical activation, see my previous post in this thread. Microsoft says: "Windows Server Datacenter licenses include unlimited virtualization rights, meaning customers have the use rights to run an unlimited number of virtualized instances of Windows Server on processors licensed with Windows Server Datacenter without purchasing additional licenses.

The use rights also allow the choice of running Windows Server or previous version Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter in the virtual instances. In addition to Windows Server and Microsoft Virtual Server, the use rights apply to any virtualization technology or host operating system, although they may need to be acquired, licensed, and supported separately from third-parties.