As I understand it, Windows Server 2012 Standard has one physical and two virtual licenses. Windows Server 2008 Standard has one physical and one virtual (but the physical cannot run any services).
So why can't someone just buy Windows Server 2012 Standard, install it on the physical, and then use "downgrade rights" to install Windows Server 2008 as the two virtual machines?
So why can't someone just buy Windows Server 2012 Standard, install it on the physical, and then use "downgrade rights" to install Windows Server 2008 as the two virtual machines?