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The new Microsoft licensing plan makes it easier and cheaper for enterprises to delve into desktop virtualisation

Microsoft is making it easier for enterprises to embrace desktop virtualisation, according to a report from Forrester Research.

In a report issued 9 April, Forrester analyst Natalie Lambert said new Windows licensing from Microsoft—which in the past had been a deterrent for businesses interested in desktop virtualisation—could help fuel a surge in the adoption of the technology.

“With the latest licensing rules, Microsoft has now made possible popular [desktop virtualisation] scenarios that IT ops pros have been clamoring for,” Lambert wrote in the report, which was developed along with Forrester analyst Simon Yates, Christopher Voce and Margaret Ryan.

Licensing has been one of the key topics when talking to colleagues about desktop virtualization, anything Microsoft and the virtualization platform vendors can do to reduce the cost and accessibility of desktop virtualization has to be a good thing for the indusrty.  The challenge we’ll have is the cost per virtual machine in terms of the operating system and virtualized licenses, keep in mind that in the enterprise I might face a fixed cost to provide the desktop say £600 per unit pet year including a pc, Windows and Office, what would the cost be if we used thin clients, virtualization, operating system and Office application?

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