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Running Hyper-v on Windows 10 PRO, do I need Core license or do I have limits?

Anonymous
2022-10-13T14:40:10+00:00

I have Windows 10 Pro on my computer. I want to activate Hyper-V and run a few VMs on it (a few different OS). Do I need any licensing to be compliant, are there any number of VM "licenses" that comes already with windows 10 PRO (like Windows Server Standard that is already licensed for 2 VMs)?

I'm asking this both for personal use and for business use.

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  1. DaveM121 869K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-10-13T16:07:24+00:00

    Hi Akito2y,

    Rest assured for non-Windows VM's there is no extra cost, you can run as many VM's as you like in Windows Pro, no extra licence is required.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-13T15:30:12+00:00

    I'm not gonna run only windows VMs, gonna also run Linus.

    The question is, do I need any other licensing to run VMs like Linux.
    For example Windows Server Standard requere Core License for OSEs, does Windows 10 PRO or Windows 11 PRO have these requirements?

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  2. DaveM121 869K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-10-13T15:12:41+00:00

    Hi Akito2y,

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    For each version of Windows you run on a VM, you will need to purchase a licence for that version, each VM is treated by the End User Licence agreement as a separate Windows installation, and only one installation per licence.

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