RE: Setup and the "Virtual" License key

Thank you Darrell.

This was my first S2008 purchase and I had read that bit about OEMs but then
I look at the key and see just one there.

""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" wrote:

Hello,
The article specifically calls out OEM as one of the scenarios
These changes affect the following versions of Windows Server 2008:
• Versions that you obtain as a Full Packaged Product (FPP) from a retailer

• Versions that you obtain together with a new server from an OEM

Whitepaper on this:
Licensing Microsoft Server Products in Virtual Environments

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/c/c/6ccc82b3-d254-4cb7-bada-62a720a
e4598/Licensing_Microsoft_Server_Products_in_Virtual_Environments.doc

I would have expected there to be two product keys on the sticker on the
machine, one for virtual and one for physical.

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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| >New server w/ Server 2008 Standard from Dell
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| >All I have is the OEM key that is stuck to the machine.
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| >If I am reading http://support.microsoft.com/kb/949748 correctly, it
sounds
| >like I should be able to run Server 2008 strictly to power the VMs. Then
I
| >can run my actual Server 2008 deployment in the VM and gain all the
benefits
| >of that.
| >
| >However, I never received a virtual key from Dell and they don't know
what
| >I'm on about.
| >
| >Are OEM keys exempt from this? Am I completely not understanding this
| >virtual key thing and I'm supposed to have two licenses of Server 2008
if I
| >want to use Server 2008 strictly as a VM host?
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