Good Evening,

I would like to ask if I understood the license and rights correctly:

Windows 2012 R2 Essentials edition - I can run one instance in either physical or virtual environment but not both at one time (using one key)

Windows 2012 R2 Standard - I can run one instance on physcial server and two in virtual at the same time

Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter - I can run one instance on physical and unlimited in virtual at the same time (according to the processor limit for each license)

To clarify:

I would like to install two servers (as virtual instances) on one physical server. I was wondering if I can use one Widnows Server Standrad license for all three, or it would be better to use Windows Hyper-V Server as a Hypervisor and install two virtual servers (one license for both) on the top of it

• Edited by Aravil1 6 hours 25 minutes ago

Hi

 You can check here official ms document about Windows server 2012 r2 licencing

http://www.google.com.tr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCIQFjABahUKEwiYwpnyw7nHAhXGtRQKHfP8B2M&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2FF%2F3%2F9%2FF39124F7-0177-463C-8A08-582463F96C9D%2FWindows_Server_2012_R2_Licensing_Datasheet.pdf&ei=0sLWVZiRNsbrUvP5n5gG&usg=AFQjCNEAhEHwXJah_j40eMXLN7hKq6CJAw

You could install Windows Server 2012 r2 Standard on a physical server,then configure 2 vm on this host with hyper-v role.(with licenced)