Windows Server System Center And Forefront Pricing And Licensing Guide

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Comprehensive Resource for Licensing and Pricing
Windows Server, System Center, and Forefront Licensing Guide

Table of Contents
What’s New in This Guide Windows Server 2008 R2 Offerings Windows Server 2008 R2 Licensing
General Windows Server Licensing Construct Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Windows Web Server 2008 R2 Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 Client Access Licensing: Decision Trees, Types, and Modes Remote Desktop Services Licensing Requirements External Connector License Requirements for Windows Server 2008 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Suites Licensing 2 2 5 5 6 6 7 9 9 10 10 12 14 15 16 18 19 19 20 2425 26 27 27 28 30 30 34 35 35 37 40 43 43 43 43 44 44 44 45 45 46 47

System Center Offerings System Center Licensing
General System Center Licensing Construct System Center Server Management for Enterprise System Center Client Management for Enterprise System Center Server and Client Management for Midmarket

Enrollment for Core Infrastructure Licensing
Core Infrastructure Server SuitesProgram Requirements ECI Migration Paths

Pricing Tables and SKUs
Windows Server System Center

Best Practices and Resources
Windows Server Licensing Scenarios Windows Server Upgrade and Downgrade Options Tracking Windows Server Licenses

Forefront 2010 Overview
Forefront 2010 Offerings FF 2010 Management Product Offerings Forefront 2010 Protection & Access Product Offerings

Forefront 2010Licensing Overview
Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server Forefront Online Protection 2010 for Exchange Forefront Protection 2010 for Sharepoint Forefront Security for Office Communications Server

2 Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Forefront TMG 2010 Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition Forefront TMG WebProtection Service Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 48 48 48 49 50 52 52 53 53 54 55 57

Forefront 2010 Frequently Asked Questions Forefront Protection Suite 2010 Offerings
Forefront Protection Suite Features Forefront Protection Suite 2010 Licensing Overview Forefront Protection Suite Pricing and Licensing

Forefront Protection Suite 2010 FAQ Licensing Resources Glossary of Terms andAcronyms

What’s New in This Guide
This guide provides licensing information for the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system and Microsoft System Center datacenter solutions. It includes updated licensing information and scenarios for:     The Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 operating system. System Center solutions, which IT administrators can use to manage physical and virtual IT environmentsacross datacenters, client computers, and devices. The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Suites, solutions that organizations can use to allow users to access desktops running in the datacenter. The Enrollment for Core Infrastructure, a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA) program that enables enterprise customers to purchase core infrastructure suite products under one enrollment for a three-year term ata reduced price.

Windows Server 2008 R2 Offerings
Below is an overview of the Windows Server 2008 R2 core product offerings. The table indicates product names, available sales channels, licensing models, and number of running instances allowed per license in physical and virtual operating system environments (POSEs and VOSEs). Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Product Offerings
Running instances inPOSEs and VOSEs
1, in POSE only

License
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Windows Web Server 2008 R2

Channels
OEM (Direct OEM) Retail, OEM, VL, SPLA Retail, OEM, VL, SPLA OEM, VL, SPLA OEM, VL

License models
Server License

VL and...