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4. Data &
User Settings
Applications
Operating
System

6. Virtual Desktop
Users have access to virtual Windows running on a server from authorized
Infrastructure
devices, including thin clients.
(VDI)
VM on Contractor
IT can provide managed desktops to non-managed third party owned
or Employee
Windows PCs.
Owned PCs
VM on
Virtual copies of Windows provided on media such as USB / DVD.
Portable Media
Remote Boot VM Create and store a Windows image on a storage device, such as a network
from Network server, which may be run over an internal network locally in physical or
Storage Device virtual operating system environments.
Blade PCs Multiple users are accessing blade PC with a single copy of Windows
physically installed per blade.
A central copy of the OS is streamed down for local execution on
OS Streaming a device.

8. • VECD for SA will be included in SA
• SA customers can now deploy desktops
anywhere, locally or in the datacenter
• SA customers will have all VECD for SA
benefits, including roaming rights
• License your Windows VM for access from thin
clients, third party, and non-Windows-based devices
• A device-based subscription
• $100/year/device
• Primary user has extended roaming rights
• Software Assurance benefits for Windows
Contact your Microsoft representative for more details on how to avail of this offer today

9. Every Device Accessing the VDI Infrastructure Needs to Be Licensed
Microsoft VDI Suite Licensing for Windows client OS
(Standard / Premium) included in SA
PCs Under SA Licensing for Server and
Management Infrastructure only
Microsoft VDI Suite Windows VDA
(Standard / Premium) (Windows Virtual Desktop Access
Thin Clients/ Licensing for Server and Licensing for Windows client OS
Non-SA Devices Management Infrastructure

10. Windows VDA
What devices can be covered?
Thin clients, third party
devices
Is Software Assurance
a pre-requisite?
No
What is the retail price? $100/year/device
Does it have
Yes
Software Assurance benefits?
Total number of Windows
VDA Licenses Required Total number of Devices not Qualified for Windows
Client SA Accessing Virtual Environment
(Irrespective of virtualization infrastructure)

11. What you expect from Improved Increased Additional
your virtual desktop Business Continuity Desktop Flexibility Value
environment…
• Install Windows • Access corporate • Unlimited backups
on any combination desktop images of both running
of hardware and from non-corporate and stored VMs
storage Windows PCs • Includes SA benefits
• Unlimited movement • Single VDA license such as 24*7 call
between servers allows concurrent support, training
…and how Windows and storage access for up to 4 VMs vouchers, access to
VDA / SA delivers • Reassignment rights • Roam outside the Enterprise versions of
to another device corporate network – Windows, etc
after 90 days, or in access desktop from • Option to purchase
case of endpoint non-corporate devices MDOP and WinFLP
failure • Dynamic desktop
licensing enabled
through KMS/
MAK activation

12. Windows Client
SA Windows VDA
VDI using PCs as access devices
VDI with thin clients as access devices
VM on Contractor / Employee Owned PCs
VM on Portable Media
Remote Boot VM from Network Storage
Device
Blade PCs
Recommended Valid

14. License Requirement
No additional licensing
required
100 PCs with
80 Users 50 VMs
SA
License
• If PCs are already covered
with SA, no additional
My company has 100 corporate PCs licensing is required
covered under SA that need to access
our VDI environment. However, we only • If PCs cannot upgrade to
have 80 users and only 50 VMs are used SA, 100 Windows VDA
at any one time. licenses

15. Shift 1
Shift 2
Shift 3 License Requirement
No additional licensing
required
100 PCs with
300 Users 150 VMs
SA
License
• If PCs are already covered
with SA, no additional
My company has 100 PCs with SA, with licensing is required
300 workers accessing our VDI
environment in shifts. At any time, 150 • If PCs cannot upgrade to
VMs are being accessed using VDI. SA, 100 Windows VDA
licenses

16. License Requirement
100 Windows VDA
Licenses
100 PCs with 100 Thin
100 Users 150 VMs
SA Clients
License
• 100 thin clients, 100
Windows VDA licenses
My company has 100 PCs and 100 thin
clients using VDI. Only 100 devices are • 100 PCs are already
used at a time, and access 100 VMs covered with SA, no
running Windows Vista or Windows XP. additional licenses required

17. License Requirement
No additional Windows
VDA Licenses
100 Employees Occasional
(each a named user of Home Access
VDI device at work)
License
VDA licenses include home
use rights for the primary
My company has 100 employees who are the (“named”) user of a
primary users of 100 thin clients covered under company-owned PC
Windows VDA at work. These employees covered under VDA.
occasionally work from home and access the • Employee is a primary
corporate VMs via VDI from their home machine user of VDA device at
(employee-owned) . work, no additional VDA
licenses
• Employee is not a primary
Note user of VDA device at
For Microsoft Office application use at home, you must have a Microsoft work, 100 Windows VDA
Office license with SA coverage and register for Home Use Rights at no licenses
additional cost.

18. License Requirement
100 Windows VDA
Licenses
100 Employees Full Time
(use work machines Home Access
from home)
License
These non-corporate
devices will have to be
licensed.
My company has 100 employees who work
from home and will access corporate VMs • 100 employee owned
via VDI from their authorized device at PCs, 100 VDA licenses
home. required

19. License Requirement
300 Windows VDA
for SA Licenses
100 Users
300 thin clients
License
VDA is a device based
license.
My company has 300 thin clients that need • 300 devices accessing
to access our VDI environment. VDI, 300 VDA licenses
However, we only have 100 users and only
50 VMs are used at any one time.

20. License Requirement
100 Windows VDA
Licenses
100 Contractors 100 Contractors
Jan - June June - Dec
License
Each contractor-owned PC
will require a Windows VDA
My company has 100 contractors who are license, which comes with
working for 6 months, and then 100 different 90-day permanent
contractors are employed for the other 6 reassignment rights.
months. Each contractor will have one PC • 100 contractor PCs
(owned by the contractor) to access our accessing VDI, 100
corporate VMs via VDI. Windows VDA licenses