Microsoft to revise VECD licensing in 2010
Thursday, 28 January 2010 by Michel Roth
VECD is a much talked about subject in our business so when Microsoft ir rumored to change VECD it get's attention. Microsoft plans to modify its software licensing program to be more amenable to Windows shops that are interested in virtualization but that hold off because Microsoft's per-device licensing makes it too expensive.

 

One executive responsible for Windows licensing, the Software Assurance (SA) maintenance agreement and Virtual Enterprise Centralized Desktop (VECD) said Microsoft will revitalize its licensing program later this year to lift some of the restrictions of today's per-device model.

Today, some of the biggest licensing controversies involve virtual desktop technology. IT pros say they believe Microsoft uses its maintenance agreements to curtail adoption of desktop virtualization because users must have SA to access the company's own virtual desktop tools. They also argue that VECD, which is mandatory for anyone who wants to virtualize a Windows client, makes desktop virtualization too expensive.

Source and more: http://searchvirtualdesktop.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid194_gci1379714,00.html?track=sy1220


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