Comments on: Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server Licensing For Dummies http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/27/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-licensing-for-dummies/ Server, Storage & Application Virtualisation! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Microsoft Product Licensing Clarified | VM-Aware http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/27/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-licensing-for-dummies/#comment-71 Microsoft Product Licensing Clarified | VM-Aware Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:42:20 +0000 http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=118#comment-71 [...] even has a stab at Sharepoint, but I think that this is better handled by reading one of my earlier posts. Thanks to vinf.net for the original spot. [...] [...] even has a stab at Sharepoint, but I think that this is better handled by reading one of my earlier posts. Thanks to vinf.net for the original spot. [...]

]]> By: Osama Salah http://www.vm-aware.com/2008/06/27/microsoft-office-sharepoint-server-licensing-for-dummies/#comment-54 Osama Salah Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:42:52 +0000 http://www.vm-aware.com/?p=118#comment-54 Nice site, that will save me serious headache. One pointer regarding sharepoint and virtualization is that it is licensed according to powered on VMs. So if you have for example a test and development system, fater devloping turn it of and turn the test system on and you would have to pay for one license only. At least that's my understanding from the below: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101655351033.aspx "For example, if you are running an instance of Office SharePoint Server 2007 in each of the four VMs on a server, you need to assign four SharePoint Server licenses to that server—one for each of those running instances. However, you do not need separate licenses for the instances of Office SharePoint Server 2007 stored in any inactive VMs." Nice site, that will save me serious headache.
One pointer regarding sharepoint and virtualization is that it is licensed according to powered on VMs. So if you have for example a test and development system, fater devloping turn it of and turn the test system on and you would have to pay for one license only. At least that’s my understanding from the below:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101655351033.aspx
“For example, if you are running an instance of Office SharePoint Server 2007 in each of the four VMs on a server, you need to assign four SharePoint Server licenses to that server—one for each of those running instances. However, you do not need separate licenses for the instances of Office SharePoint Server 2007 stored in any inactive VMs.”

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