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Microsoft reconsiders virtualization rules for Vista: Now you can (legally) run it in a VM, lowers VECD pricing

It's been almost a year since Microsoft officially announced their licensing policies for using Vista in virtual machine environments. Today they made a few changes to those policies.

Posted by Brian Madden on January 23, 2008, Section: Industry Buzz.

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How does a Citrix Presentation Server know what licenses you have when it loses connectivity to the license server?

One of the features of Citrix Presentation Server licensing is that an individual Presentation Server will continue to function for 30 days after it loses connectivity to a Citrix License Server. This...

Posted by Brian Madden on June 04, 2007, Section: Technical Articles.

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Is it time for Citrix to create a service provider licensing program?

Many vendors, including Microsoft, have special licensing programs for service providers. They essentially let them "pay as they go," only charging them a small amount per user per month instead of...

Posted by Brian Madden on May 28, 2007, Section: Editorials.

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Microsoft announces licensing changes, frugal admins rejoice!, posted by Gabe Knuth on August 19, 2008

Do you think Citrix XenDesktop is cheaper than XenApp? Don't forget about the Microsoft OS licensing costs. Then think again., posted by Brian Madden on June 02, 2008

Share your views about how application vendors should license their apps, posted by Brian Madden on October 17, 2007

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sepagoPROFILE future direction and change of licensing model , posted by Carsten Brueggerhoff on April 23, 2007

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MACs getting message that their temporary Terminal Server license wil expire in "X" days, posted by P M F on August 21, 2008

Out of TS Cals, posted by Bruce Bodart on August 20, 2008

Can't open License Management Console - can I just reinstall licensing?, posted by Ben on August 19, 2008

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