Microsoft Datacenter License for VDI hosts

[Travazono]

As I understand, to properly license Windows desktops for VDI, our thin clients and zero clients are required to have a Windows VDA license and our PCs are required to have a Windows SA license.  We have also purchased Windows Datacenter licenses for the hosts that are running our vCenter Server and connection servers.  Are we also required to purchase Microsoft Datacenter licenses for our hosts that are only running Windows 7 VDI desktops as well? 

[a_p_]

Unless I'm mistaken, you don't need any WIndows Server licenses for hosts on which you only run Client workloads.

André

[schepp]

Hi,

you have to make sure your Windows Server VMs can't move over to your VDI hosts. Either by seperating the hosts into clusters or by DRS anti-affinity rules.

If only the VDIs run on those hosts you don't need datacenter licenses for them.