Can someone help me understand how I legally licence (from a Microsoft perspective) 10 x Wins 7_64bit VMs that will be accessed from zero clients??
I have to deploy a small project for a Customer using Horizon 7 that is fully VMware licensed but I'm struggling with my software procurement team and my understanding. of Microsoft.
I've advised that I will need a VDA subscription only but his doesn't seem right. Don't I have to buy the full licences and then pay MS a VDA subscription on top cos I'm using a zero client???
Lets assume my Customer doesn't have any kind of volume licence agreements with MS; I want to build a portable datacentre solution in a transit case and hand it over to him in 1yrs time.
Any ideas/thoughts would be appreciated.
That's about 300/user which to me seems a bit high. I did a quick search here in the US and found a vendor asking $115
Microsoft Corp. MPSA Virtual Desktop Access E3 (VDA) Per Device (AAA-03656)
I agree that VDA should be all you need. Was it a 3rd party vendor who quoted you the 4.5k or Microsoft themselves? I would think they will want to know what kind of keys you will need MAK vs KMS so double check with them before finalizing the order.
I don't see E5 but the license key above is for Windows 10 VDA.
From a Microsoft licensing point of view, the VDA licenses will be used to cover the Zero Clients and you can use a KMS or MAK license for the 10 x Windows 7-64bit VM's
So if you purchase 10x VDA licenses this should be all you need to allow the Zero Clients to access your Windows 7 VM's
This article is a bit of a long read but covers a lot of the licensing requirements. Note that this is for Windows 10 but I believe Windows 7 also applies
good article .. thank you
Joe, what you say makes sense to me but having re-read the article I still think my procurement team might be right in terms of just buying the VDA subscription. I'm not sure what VDA E3/E5 is at the moment. But I've had a quote back for £4.5k for 15 users for 1 year. Seems expensive.
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That's about 300/user which to me seems a bit high. I did a quick search here in the US and found a vendor asking $115
Microsoft Corp. MPSA Virtual Desktop Access E3 (VDA) Per Device (AAA-03656)
I agree that VDA should be all you need. Was it a 3rd party vendor who quoted you the 4.5k or Microsoft themselves? I would think they will want to know what kind of keys you will need MAK vs KMS so double check with them before finalizing the order.
I don't see E5 but the license key above is for Windows 10 VDA.
Thanks for your help. I wish MS could provide more useful and clearer briefing material.