SBS 2003, Virtual Server and / or Terminal Services and why use virtualisation and the risks to consider

re: SBS 2003, Virtual Server and / or Terminal Services and why use virtualisation and the risks to consider

David Overton — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:41:05 GMT

SBS 2003 & SBS 2008 do not come with a "host" and "guest" license simply because the product can not be installed the "core" manner that SBS 2008 can deliver this solution. They do run in virtual enviroments however.

So, if you are using SBS 2003 as a host you will need to license all guests and if you are running SBS 2008 as a host you can run Windows Sevrer 2003/8 as a licensed guest with the premium edition which gives you a 2nd server.

re: SBS 2003, Virtual Server and / or Terminal Services and why use virtualisation and the risks to consider

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:35:29 GMT

Good question, what licensing is required for the guest OS if running Virtual Server 2005 on SBS 2003 R2?

re: SBS 2003, Virtual Server and / or Terminal Services and why use virtualisation and the risks to consider

Lionel Camara — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:13:48 GMT

Can you run the "server" part of SBS as a guest OS? (Assuming you get 1 VM license in addition to the host, the way you get with Server Standard.) Any experience w/ it?

re: SBS 2003, Virtual Server and / or Terminal Services and why use virtualisation and the risks to consider

David Overton — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:46:02 GMT

Vijay,

I would always be cautious about running a customers business on a beta that has no form of support. If it was part of a RDP / TAP program, or had some form of go-live license and support I would, but without support, nope, I would not do it with a customers live systems. For my own business I might, but I know the risks and can manage them.

re: SBS 2003, Virtual Server and / or Terminal Services and why use virtualisation and the risks to consider

Vijay Singh Riyait — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:58:50 GMT

What do you think of using the newly available Beta Hyper-V version of Server 2008 as a base system for SBS 2003? I know the traditional advice is don't deploy it on production servers but if Microsoft are willing to trust some their key services to it, then can we?