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fatbobsufc
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Essentials Plus Licensing EOL?

Hi I've just been told by a colleague that Essentials Plus licensing will go EOL in 3-6 months with no similar replacement.  So we will have to sell Standard licenses instead.  Does anyone know if this is true?

We frequently sell 2-3 host vCenter solutions, often to customers who would prefer to go Hyper-V based on cost.  We have a difficult task selling in VMware but base the sell on its performance, reliability and ease of support compared to Hyper-V.

If we have to start charging customers £7-9k for licensing instead of £2k there is no way they will accept it.  They will undoubtedly go Hyper-V.

Can anyone share any info they have on these changes?

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fatbobsufc
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Can anyone from VMware comment on this?

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a_p_
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Since you seem to work for a reseller, I'd recommend you ask your distributor to find out whether or not this is true.

André

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