Windows 7 License For Vm

I have a question pertaining the use of brand new oem license windows 7 pro on a virtual machine as a guest i have contacted microsoft directly and they told me that oem license or image is not compatible with virtual machines and i need to use vl key or retail key instead.

Windows 7 license for vm. This license also includes the os license to install in the vm. I was even told by one that i can use the oem copy which can be purchased almost anywhere without hardware. It professionals developers and businesses who build test or demo software for any device platform or cloud rely on workstation pro. With volume licensing for products such as windows 7 windows server 2008 r2 windows vista windows server 2008 and microsoft office 2010 you must use a new type of product activation called volume activation va.

You can follow the question or vote as helpful but you cannot reply to this thread. Therefor most used windows 7 deployments in vmware view are windows 7 enterprise. Build and test for any platform with vmware workstation. Windows server 2012 and windows server 2012r2 are licensed under the processor client access license cal model.

I ve talked to 3 software reps and all thought you could use a standard windows 7 license. Windows 7 buy license for use in vmware i need to buy a license and the installation media to install windows 7 in vmware. However i get the feeling. The vm will act as a server for an application that one of our employees is using and she will also have a client for the application installed on her computer also windows 7.

So there would be only one copy running on the oem hardware. This thread is locked. Vmware workstation pro is the industry standard for running multiple operating systems as virtual machines vms on a single linux or windows pc. Below appnee collected and sorted out hundreds of universal license keys for all major versions of vmware workstation pro not for vmware workstation player 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 x 8 x 9 x 10 x 11 x 12 x v14 x v15 x and v16 x on windows and linux platforms support both 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems in this single post besides we also provide some license keys for other projects of.

Can i do it. Even when using microsoft windows datacenter licenses you still need cals. Therefor i compiled a top 7. Things you should know regarding the licensing of windows 2012r2 in a vmware environment.

I need to set up a virtual machine on vmware esxi that has windows 7 as the operating system. I would like to install windows 7 and a linux distribution and then install windows 7 as a virtual machine running on top of the linux distribution.