Each virtual environment counts as a Computer
Catalog row in Vendor License Rules · Cited
- Kind
- Virtualization
- Statement
- Software Product Specific Terms (last updated 18 June 2024) §1.1: “‘Computer’ means a virtual or physical device for storing or processing data, such as servers, desktop computers, laptops, mobile devices and hardware products. Where a device contains more than one virtual environment (including virtual machines and virtual processors), each virtual environment will be counted as a separate Computer.”
- Applies when
- Counting Computers for Software activation where a device contains more than one virtual environment.
- Applies to
- Computer counting under Software Product Specific Terms (subscription, term, and FRL activation caps). Not a device-based purchase-metric conversion.
- Aliases
- VM equals Computer; virtual processors; each VM is a Computer
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- Related programs