====== VDI Licensing ======

===== Microsoft =====

==== Service Provider ====

Service provider Desktop OS licensing schemes:

^Plan A                             ^Plan B                    ^Remarks                                              ^
|Workstation OS Desktops            |Server OS Desktops        |Some programs might care what OS they are running on |
|Separate server hardware           |Shared server hardware    |Microsoft restriction on workstation OS              |
|Windows 7 or 8 Enterprise          |Windows Server 2012       |RD Sessions are always server desktops               |
|Each client on SA or VDA           |WS2012 Datacenter License |SA includes VDA privileges, subscription only        |
|SA/VDA license assigned per client |RDS CALs                  |Use SPLA or TS CALs with WS2012 Datacenter           |
|Windows Thin PC is an option       |Thin clients, ThinShell   |Windows Thin PC is a benefit of SA                   |