> $500/box/year subscription for security updates Wow. I completely missed that was per year. I thought it was a one time purchase and thought that seemed a

> $500/box/year subscription for security updates Wow. I completely missed that was per year. I thought it was a one time purchase and thought that seemed a bit high. MS sells Server Essentials for up to 10 cores for $500 and that includes use on 1 VM as well AFAIK (don't take that as licensing advice).