Solved Server 2012 R2 Downgrade Rights
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So, on some of our stuff we are using Server 2012 R2 Standard instead of datacenter, which has to VOSE instances allowed.
If we use our down grade rights to server 2008 R2 does that use a full seat? or can we have one VOSE downgraded to Server 2008 r2 and one at Server 2012 R2?
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It is one by one. So you could have one 2008 R2 VM and one 201 R2 VM on the same machine from the same standard license.
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Agreed, you can do what you want - one 2008 R2 and the other 2012 R2
Yep I'm a rehash today.
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The logic behind this is that while MS is allowing you to downgrade, they only do so in the hopes that it is temporary. No MS licensing makes it harder to upgrade in any way, they work very hard to make sure that any allowance that they give for downgrade rights always leaves an easy path to get up to date. They don't do anything to hinder that process.
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The Microsoft licensing rep is telling us we can't. It's either use Server 2012 R2 and get the trades or trade full seat in to use your downgrade rights, which would eliminate using the VOSE. So you can get two VMs from Server 2012 R2, but if you downgrade you only get one Server 2008 r2 Standard and that's it.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
The Microsoft licensing rep is telling us we can't. It's either use Server 2012 R2 and get the trades or trade full seat in to use your downgrade rights, which would eliminate using the VOSE. So you can get two VMs from Server 2012 R2, but if you downgrade you only get one Server 2008 r2 Standard and that's it.
Which rep was that? I'm pretty confident that that is wrong.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
The Microsoft licensing rep is telling us we can't. It's either use Server 2012 R2 and get the trades or trade full seat in to use your downgrade rights, which would eliminate using the VOSE. So you can get two VMs from Server 2012 R2, but if you downgrade you only get one Server 2008 r2 Standard and that's it.
Which rep was that? I'm pretty confident that that is wrong.
Brent something. I just check with our other one and he said it was fine. And put it in writing for me so I'm good with that.
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This write up is what I point people to when they have these questions (*the one my MS rep from SW said is gospel)
http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/downgrade_rights.aspx#fbid=D7zcRxMWVLN -
@thecreativeone91 said:
Brent something. I just check with our other one and he said it was fine. And put it in writing for me so I'm good with that.
Okay, so I'm not crazy then
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
The Microsoft licensing rep is telling us we can't. It's either use Server 2012 R2 and get the trades or trade full seat in to use your downgrade rights, which would eliminate using the VOSE. So you can get two VMs from Server 2012 R2, but if you downgrade you only get one Server 2008 r2 Standard and that's it.
Which rep was that? I'm pretty confident that that is wrong.
I agree with Scott - Pretty sure he's wrong.
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@GregoryHall said:
This write up is what I point people to when they have these questions (*the one my MS rep from SW said is gospel)
http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/downgrade_rights.aspx#fbid=D7zcRxMWVLNYeah but that says nothing about this specific case in regards to VOSE rights.
