Greetings, first question asked here; if there's anything amiss, let me know and I'll get it straightened out.
I am in a circumstance that leads me to consider the following possibility, should it be in compliance with Microsoft's licensing schemes:
I am considering the possibility of migrating a Windows Server 2008 Standard (not R2) machine (hardware failing), to a Hyper-V VM on a Windows Server 2016 Standard.
The 2K8 instance is rented in a datacenter, so we do not own the license for it.
My understanding is as follows:
Server 2016 Standard allows for the use of no less than one Hyper-V instance of the same, under the same license, on the same machine.
Server 2016 Standard provides downgrade rights to Server 2008 Standard R2 or earlier.
My question can be summarized as follows:
Would it be possible to re-activate the installation of Server 2008 Standard (not R2) within a Hyper-V instance on Windows Server 2016 Standard, and activate it under the premise of a license downgrade, and if so, could this possibly cause issues for the datacenter's existing license?
