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WINDOWS SERVER 2013 / 2016 / 2019 / 2022 EXTERNAL CONNECTOR LICENSES – HOW MICROSOFT DEFINES “EXTERNAL USERS”:

Microsoft’s definitions of “Internal Users” and “External Users” – specifically as it applies to the External Connector License VS a standard Windows Server User CAL – are somewhat vague and overlap. You can Google and find many descriptions from various sources on what their interpretation of these is, and they paraphrase what they think an […]

WHAT LICENSE KEY TO USE WHEN ACTIVATING MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER ON VIRTUAL MACHINES WHEN THE HYPERVISOR HOST HAS AN OEM COPY OF WINDOWS:

When a server is purchased with an OEM Windows Server license, it should come pre-activated. If you create Windows VMs on that server the licenses may not automatically activate. (Microsoft Windows Server licensing model allows for one instance of the Windows OS installed on the physical host, plus 2 more copies of the OS on […]