Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops: Pricing and licensing

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops is an add-on to your existing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers subscription. Desktops are licensed on a per-concurrent-desktop basis, in packs of 25 concurrent desktops. The subscription includes support for supported desktop operating systems, the SPICE remote rendering protocol, the Connection Broker, and for supported thin clients and PC browsers on Linux and Windows platforms.

This model allows customers to freely mix server and desktop virtual machines without requiring segregation of desktop and server workloads for licensing purposes. Desktop operating system licenses from Microsoft, Red Hat or other providers must be licensed separately.

Start With Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers Subscriptions

Customers must purchase Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers for each hypervisor host on which they wish to run desktops. See the separate Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers: Pricing Quickguide for more details.

Add Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization For Desktops

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops must be purchased in packs of 25 concurrent desktops. You must license the number of concurrent desktops that represents your peak (not average) desktop user load.

For example, if you have 3000 users evenly divided in three 8-hour shifts with zero overlap, you would need 1000 concurrent user licenses. If you see some overlap between shifts, you might need more licenses.

Please note that Red Hat's definition of concurrency may not be the same as the definition from your desktop operating system vendor. Please see each company's end user license agreement (EULA) for the license count rules for each product.

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