Thanks again for the reply.

I have found an excellent resource from microsoft explaining how it works.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/3/d/4/3d42bdc2-6725-4b29-b75a-a5b04179958b/Licensing_Microsoft_Server_Products_in_Virtual_Environments.docx

This reads to me as follows (using an example for simplicity)

I am using...

Thanks for the reply.

I have read something similar to that. The issue is with the wording. Is a virtual processor a core?

Take for example the simplest setup.

SQL Server on a...