How do I license Microsoft SQL Server 2008 in a virtual environment?
Server / CAL Workgroup and Standard editions allow you to run any number of instances of the server software in one physical or virtual operating system environment on the licensed server at a time. For Enterprise edition, for each server to which you assign a software licence, you can run, at any one time, any number of instances of the server software in one physical and any number of virtual operating system environments on that server. Per Processor For each server to which you have assigned the required number of per processor licences, you may run, at any one time, any number of instances of the server software in physical and virtual operating system environments on the licensed server. However, the total number of physical and virtual processors used by those operating system environments cannot exceed the number of software licences assigned to that server For Enterprise edition there is an extended license right: if all physical processors in the server have been licensed, th
