Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing
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Am I still correct in thinking that no matter what license you have for Windows (server 2016 data center for example), you are unable to use it on Vultr legally?
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@fuznutz04 said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
Am I still correct in thinking that no matter what license you have for Windows (server 2016 data center for example), you are unable to use it on Vultr legally?
Correct, no on-premises licensing for Windows can be used in a cloud. You need cloud licensing models for that, normally only provided in reseller / service provider models. You get that licensing, in the case of Vultr, FROM Vultr, they are the service provider with the license for you in that situation.
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@scottalanmiller Yep, Just wanted to make sure that was still correct. I have a DC license, but if it is not legitimate, then I will pass. I want to move a workload from Azure to Vultr and am looking for the best options. Looks like the best (only) option is to use their licensing.
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@fuznutz04 said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
@scottalanmiller Yep, Just wanted to make sure that was still correct. I have a DC license, but if it is not legitimate, then I will pass. I want to move a workload from Azure to Vultr and am looking for the best options. Looks like the best (only) option is to use their licensing.
It's not that it isn't legit, it's that you don't know where the software will run and you would have to realistically license every server in their environment to know that you were covered. So to use a DC license properly would cost so much.
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@scottalanmiller Right. So being legit in this scenario, would be so cost prohibitive, it's not possible realistically.
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@fuznutz04 said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
@scottalanmiller Right. So being legit in this scenario, would be so cost prohibitive, it's not possible realistically.
Exactly. It's not technically impossible, as long as Vultr would tell you the number of physical servers within the datacenter you are in and/or the number that are in a pool that your workload could be moved to, which might be any within the datacenter, or might be a subset.
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@scottalanmiller said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
@fuznutz04 said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
@scottalanmiller Right. So being legit in this scenario, would be so cost prohibitive, it's not possible realistically.
Exactly. It's not technically impossible, as long as Vultr would tell you the number of physical servers within the datacenter you are in and/or the number that are in a pool that your workload could be moved to, which might be any within the datacenter, or might be a subset.
Same applies to AWS and Azure I assume correct @scottalanmiller ?
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Vultr has bare-metal hosting too. Then you are locked to one physical server and you know the CPU/cores of the hardware (4-core e3-1270v6).
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@dbeato said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
@scottalanmiller said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
@fuznutz04 said in Vultr, Windows & Data center licensing:
@scottalanmiller Right. So being legit in this scenario, would be so cost prohibitive, it's not possible realistically.
Exactly. It's not technically impossible, as long as Vultr would tell you the number of physical servers within the datacenter you are in and/or the number that are in a pool that your workload could be moved to, which might be any within the datacenter, or might be a subset.
Same applies to AWS and Azure I assume correct @scottalanmiller ?
Correct, any cloud.
