Windows Server 2012 Licensing on VMWARE ESX

Hi,
As in the following example, 2 Host, 2 CPU each, 10 VMs = 10 Windows License?? is this true
Or each Windows 2012 License = 2x VMs, 5 x Windows 2012 Standart
= 10 VMs
2 Hosts, 2 CPUs each, 10 VMs
10 VMs with 2 hosts means that it is possible to have all 10 VMs on a single host. You have two options to license each host for up to 10 VOSEs.
Firstly you could license each of the hosts with 5 copies of Windows Server 2012 Standard. That will give you 10 (5 * 2) VOSEs. This requires 10 (5 * 2 hosts ) copies of Standard at a cost of $8,820 using USA Open NL.
Alternatively you could license each host with 1 copy of Windows Server 2012 Datacenter, at a cost of $9,618. The extra $798 will allow you to burst beyond 10 VOSEs to unlimited VOSEs. Switching to licensing hosts using the Datacenter edition
means we don’t have to count VOSEs and we have unrestricted mobility between hosts.

Hi Adem,
>>each Windows 2012 License = 2x VMs, 5 x Windows 2012 Standart
= 10 VMs
As Tim said , we recommend you to contact Microsoft Activation Center for an accurate assistance for lisence issue :
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx
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