Microsoft Virtualisation Licensing: Client and Server

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re: Microsoft Virtualisation Licensing: Client and Server

Chris Quirke — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:14:06 GMT

What's the story with Vista Home and Virtual PC?

I ask, because VPC is a great way to get home users off old Win9x systems while keeping thier old Lotus Smartsuite, Corel Word Perfect, etc. alive, and this is a concern for a quarter of the folks for whom I've built Vista PCs.

We specifically want to avoid Vista Business, as trhe feature set is inappropriate for home use; all things considerd, Vista Home Basic meets our needs.... but these needs do include Virtual PC.

re: Microsoft Virtualisation Licensing: Client and Server

mattmcspirit — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 14:28:53 GMT

The story around Home, both Basic and Premium isn't great around Virtualisation. Microsoft were all set to announce changes to allow these products to be licensed in a VPC, but not any longer.

I guess the thinking around it is that Virtualisation is seen not as a home technology (apart from IT Pro's like ourselves) but as a business technology, so why offer any connection to the Home versions at all. Not a great decision in my eyes, but I can understand the reasoning.

I completely agree about using VPC to get people off the old systems, while keeping the legacy apps - you could try running the legacy apps in compatibility mode?

Matt