How to license workstations with multiple windows 11 VMs for single-user local access effectively?

DimitrisSC 0 Reputation points
2024-04-17T14:13:41.63+00:00

Hello and thank you for your time reading this. We plan to deploy workstations to our users and for their development needs they will need to have 1-3 windows 11 local virtual machines at their disposal. Trying to find the best way to license a setup like this ,besides a Windows 11 GGWA license per device (treating each VM as a separate device) ,I came across the Enterprise licenses.

Those editions are listed explicitly as a step-up license, so to my understanding a valid standard windows license is required anyway on each device. My questions:

Α) Whether i have understood the enterprise editions licensing model correctly and

B) Whether there is a more efficient way to license such a setup ?

Thank you for your time,

Dimitris

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  1. Crystal-MSFT 42,961 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-04-18T02:31:04.14+00:00

    @DimitrisSC, Thanks for posting in Q&A. Yes, your understanding is correct. A valid standard Windows license is required on each device (workstation and local VM). For a more efficient way, you can contact licensing support to find a plan with the most cost-effectiveness.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/contact-us

    Hope the above information can help.

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