Licensing Server 2008 R2 VMs

[machin05]

Hi all,

 

Need something clearing up if possible. Had a look around but can't get my head round this!

 

I've been asked to take on a new school. At the moment there is no Microsoft Agreement in place at all. Everything is individually licensed, so essentially we are starting from scratch.

 

I will be building a new virtual server environment. 1 physical host (Hyper-V 2008 or XenServer) with 2 virtual servers that will both be running Windows Server 2008 R2. We're having the physical server built to spec with no OS as I will be installing one of the free virtual host operating systems mentioned above.

 

What do I need to buy to ensure the 2 virtual servers are appropriately licensed?

 

For desktops (Win7, CALs, Office etc), we will be purchasing a Microsoft EES Agreement, or perhaps expanding ours as this school is part of our Academies Trust that has floating staff. It's the server side I'm scratching my head about.

 

Cheers,

Will

Edited March 19, 2014 by machin05