Does SBS 2008 licensing allow for virtualization? For example, Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition includes Hyper-V with a license to run one server operating system in Hyper-V?
A. For SBS 2008 Standard Edition, you may run one instance of the server software on a physical or virtual machine, but not both. For SBS 2008 Premium Edition, you can choose to run the “premium server” software on a second server:You can run an instance of Windows Server 2008 Standard technologies on a physical or virtual machine (VM), and if you run on VM, you are allowed to run an additional instance on a physical machine in order to run hardware virtualization software; provide hardware virtualization services; or run software to manage and service operating system environments on the licensed server.You can run any number of instances of SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition for Small Business in one physical or virtual machine, and it must be joined to the SBS domain.
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