Windows 7 Ultimate in The Clouds?
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@Reid-Cooper said:
@Aaron-Studer said:
What about if I run it on a VM on my computer?
VM = VDI. So sure, if you get VDI licensing at $100/year or whatever.
Nope. You don't need a VDI license for that. It's a single physical instance in that case. Accessing it remotely is when the VDI Comes into play. You still need a full license for the Host and a full license for the VM guest though.
Oh you are correct. But you can never access it remotely like you can a normal desktop. You are stuck using local console session only.
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@Reid-Cooper said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
@Reid-Cooper said:
@Aaron-Studer said:
What about if I run it on a VM on my computer?
VM = VDI. So sure, if you get VDI licensing at $100/year or whatever.
Nope. You don't need a VDI license for that. It's a single physical instance in that case. Accessing it remotely is when the VDI Comes into play. You still need a full license for the Host and a full license for the VM guest though.
Oh you are correct. But you can never access it remotely like you can a normal desktop. You are stuck using local console session only.
Depends. If you RDP into it from the same computer it's running on I think that is considered the same device. So there wouldn't be a VDA license needed.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers
Hmmmmmmm....
Do they sell windows licensing somewhere for their own infrastructure?
Edit: looks like they do at the $40/month plan has a single core cpu.
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I am starting to feel @thanksajdotcom pain.....
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@thecreativeone91 said:
@Aaron-Studer said:
https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers
Hmmmmmmm....
Do they sell windows licensing somewhere for their own infrastructure?
Yes, but there installs automatically.
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Why do you want windows in the cloud anyway?
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@thecreativeone91 I just think it would be cool to have a hosted desktop.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@thecreativeone91 I just think it would be cool to have a hosted desktop.
Linux can do that too.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
Linux can do that too.
Yeah, I thought about that too. Can't run windows apps then.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
Linux can do that too.
Yeah, I thought about that too. Can't run windows apps then.
Which apps do you need? https://www.winehq.org/
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There's also the paid version https://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover-linux/
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@Aaron-Studer said:
https://www.vultr.com/docs/windows-custom-iso-with-virtio-drivers
Hmmmmmmm....
CloudatCost offers that too.... but ALL of the legal issues are with you, not with them. That they make it work does nothing for the fact that your license isn't valid if used that way.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
@thecreativeone91 I just think it would be cool to have a hosted desktop.
You can get that from Amazon. What you are looking for is hosted VDI and it is quite expensive. The big cost comes from MS licensing and there is no way around that high cost.
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@Aaron-Studer said:
Yeah, I thought about that too. Can't run windows apps then.
Why do you want Windows apps?
