Can You Transfer a Windows 7 License to a Virtual Machine Running on the Same Computer?

All is well in the event that you never need to move your Windows 7 permit to an alternate machine or to a virtual machine environment, however what do you do on the off chance that you end up in that circumstance? Today's Superuser Q&a post takes a gander at the point to help a befuddled peruser discover an answer. 

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The Question

Superuser peruser jl6 needs to know whether an authorized and initiated duplicate of Windows 7 can be moved to a virtual machine on the same machine: 

I have perused the Superuser blog entry about exchanging a permit, however I am befuddled in the matter of the authorized, initiated duplicate of Windows 7 that I as of now have running on my PC. I need to move the permit to a virtual machine running in Ubuntu on the same PC, yet am I permitted to do this? 

Can jl6 legitimately move this duplicate of Windows 7 to a virtual machine on the same machine or not?

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The Answer

Superuser patron Dawn Benton has the response for us: 

Area 3d of both the OEM and Retail licenses of the renditions I checked (Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Home Premium) state: 

d. Use with Virtualization Technologies. As opposed to utilizing the product straightforwardly on the authorized machine, you may introduce and utilize the product inside stand out virtual (or overall imitated) equipment framework on the authorized machine. 

Since the first notice's machine is the authorized machine, will be running Ubuntu as a host OS, and have Windows running in a solitary virtual machine on a virtual fittings framework on the same authorized machine, then as indicated by this, it is alright.

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