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I’m kinda surprised this hasn’t gotten more press so I’m gonna dupe a good chunk of what Lady Licensing published to make sure y’all get what’s going on.

WHAT GOT ANNOUNCED?
Microsoft released two new annual per-device subscription licenses that customers can purchase to support the SERVER & MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE LICENSING necessary for VDI using Microsoft technologies:

• Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Standard Suite
  The “Standard Suite” version of this license essentially makes it possible for people implementing VDI to license a single per-device license to use all the backend services necessary to manage & administer a new VDI implementation.
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• System Center Operations Manager for VDI client usage only
• System Center Configuration Manager for VDI usage only
• Remote Desktop Services for VDI presentation delivery only
• Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Premium Suite
  The “Premium Suite” version of this license provides additional flexibility above and beyond what VDI Standard provides.  By explicitly providing unrestricted RDS rights, devices can receive both “VDI” desktops as well as “terminal session-based” desktops.  The inclusion of rights to App-V for RDS enables terminal sessions to efficiently deliver applications on-demand without requiring servers for each installed application to prevent compatibility issues.
• Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
• System Center Virtual Machine Manager
• System Center Operations Manager for VDI usage only
• System Center Configuration Manager for VDI presentation delivery only
• Remote Desktop Services (unrestricted)
• App-V for Remote Desktop Services

The standard suite retails at $21/device/year, whereas the premium SKU retails for $53/year**
(And no, there is no “per-user” licensing for this subscription)

NOTE:  These licenses are in addition to Virtual Enterprise Centralized Desktop (VECD) annual per-device subscription licensing which is still required to properly license devices for the Client OS in VDI implementations.)

For more information & details around these licenses visit Lady Licensing’s blog at:
http://ladylicensing.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!87F95F1B5B21B01E!1965.entry 

** Pricing is always a guide, contact your MS reseller