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Does Microsoft’s licensing for running a virtual environment under Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition apply only to Hyper-V?

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Does Microsoft’s licensing for running a virtual environment under Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition apply only to Hyper-V?

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—No. This licensing applies no matter what virtualization product is used, including VMware’s ESX Server. Microsoft allows up to four active VMs under Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and an unlimited number of active VMs with Server 2008 Datacenter Edition.