By Paula Rooney
CRN, 1:50 PM EDT Mon. Apr. 02, 2007
Microsoft has relaxed its Windows Vista licensing model in the face of stiff pressure from VMware's virtualized hosted desktop and other new desktop software models.
On Monday, the Redmond, Wash., software giant announced new licensing options for two new centralized architectures based on Windows Vista Enterprise Edition, which is available only to customers in the company's Software Assurance software maintenance program.
First, Microsoft introduced a new subscription license called Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktops, which enables end users to run virtual machines centralized on server hardware.
Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktops is available to Software Assurance customers at an annual, per-device free that varies based on whether the customer is licensing a PC or a thin-client device.
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