VDI licence costs

[abrigham]

Hi All,

 

Is anyone willing to explain VDI costs for both solutions below, what is needed for concurrent license etc.

 

1. Microsoft VDI on Server 16 with Win10 under a schools agreement with SA.

 

2. VMware View running on ESXi version 6 for W10 desktop.

 

These will be accessed from thin clients onsite and pupils for BYOD and remote access.

[CAWJames]

We have concurrent licensing for Horizon View 7 with ESXi 6, for our 1 hundred licenses. You need

 

VMware Horizon View Edition - Concurrent Desktops License Academic x however many, we have a pack of 100

VMware Academic Basis SnS 1 Year

 

No remote desktop licensing needed, at least for our Standard edition, uses its own technology, so no RDS involved.

 

Then you will need SQL and Windows server licenses for your ESXi server(although a Datacenter license will cover all your Windows server instances)

 

ESXi license is included in the View package, as is VMWare Workstation 12

 

Then for the endpoint, if its thin client, you need a VDA license per unit or if reusing old hardware to repurpose, then the OEM sticker is your VDA license.

 

We also have GRID licencing from Nvidia, as we have 2 M10's in each server for the card, for the licensing, buy the card, useless without license