For all the flexibility server virtualization affords todays IT departments, theres one type of flexibility IT managers would love to have but arent likely to get: the ability to save money on Microsoft software licenses. Even when carving a physical server into multiple virtual machines, customers using virtualization probably wont find any way to circumvent the licensing terms set by Microsoft for software running on virtual machines, Forrester analyst Christopher Voce said at Forresters IT Forum in Las Vegas Friday.
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