Hi,
I have tried to obtain an concrete answer from MS in regards to licensing Windows 2008 on virtual environments and last time I tried the had me bouncing from one extension to another and could not provide a definite answer.
I understand that if I have an enterprise volume license I can have up to 4 VMs running under that one license. I also understand that if my license is Windows Server 2008 Ent. R2 I can run lower versions such as Windows 2003 Ent R2, Standard, etc.
What I am trying to find out is if I have a Windows 2008 Enterprise license, not an R2 one, can I have a VM running Windows Server 2003 R2 under that one license? Or does the downgrade right only covers equal installation type like 2008 R2 to 2003 R2?
My hypervisor is vSphere.
JD