Server 2012 Licensing & Virtual Machines

[theboyrob]

Need a little help with licensing if someone can help me!

I've bought a HP Server (Dual CPU) and a Windows Server 2012 R2 license, I intend to:

- Install Server 2012 R2 on the physical box, only to be used for managing;
- A virtual machine which will be used for RDS. (Up to 10 users, 5 concurrent)

My Server 2012 R2 license allows me to run up to 2 virtual machines on the physical install. Does this mean that my virtual machine already has a 2012 license and I just need to buy some RDS cals?

Any help would be appreciated!

Rob

 

[theboyrob]

Thanks for the replies

If the virtual server is only used for RDS do I still need user or device cals?

If so, and I 10 different users connecting, only 5 at any one time, would that equate to:

10 User cals and 10 RDS Cals

or

5 Device cals and 10 RDS cals?