Hyper-V 2012 R2 / Licensing / Service

Hello,
In the following environment: Hosts that run virtual machines for customers. Are we allowed to use the free hyper-V 2012 R2 server as service for running fully licensed(SPLA) virtual machines or is the free version only for your own use?

Hi Darren,
In addition , you can contact MS activation centor for further assistance :
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx
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