Hi!
I just hat a long discussion with my microsoft licensing specialist about using Starwind for my linux VMs.
The discussed szenario is:
- VMWare with a Linux-VM - working as Mailserver
1. Local/Linux storage
--> no Windows-System involved --> no CALs needed
2. Starwind storage
--> every user/device that is using the linux-server needs to get an additional MS-CAL, as it is using a windows server "indirekt", as Starwind is running on Windows-Server-OS
The definition was: Does the client still get his mails, if every Windows-Server is powered off
Do you have any special agreement with MS, that my microsoft specialist did not know?
Thank you for your help!
KPS
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