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AntonioK
Asked: 2015-01-16 22:26:32 +0800 CST

Windows Server 2012 R2 under KVM [duplicate]

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Usually I deal with Linux and other Unix-like OS, but now I have to set up Windows server to run some specific software.

I can't have physical box for it, so I decide to buy and deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 on KVM virtual machine.

Reading licensing documents on Microsoft website I cannot understand, what is the difference between "installation on physical server" and "installation on virtual machine" in WinServer terminology. I phoned Microsoft store support, but they also can't answer me, course they don't know what KVM is =)

So my first question is: when running under KVM, would Windows Server 2012 R2 "think" that it running under virtual, or physical environment?

The second is related - which type of licence ("for physical server installation" or "for VM installation") do I need?

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    So my first question is: when running under KVM, would Windows Server 2012 R2 "think" that it running under virtual, or physical environment?

    It does not matter what Windows "thinks" it is running under. It is running in a virtual machine, and that is what is important licensing-wise.

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