Office 2007 edition for TS

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Hi. I've read some conflicting messages about which version of Office 2007
can be installed on Windows Server 2003 with terminal services enabled.
From what I can gather, both Enterprise Edition and Professional Plus
edition will work because these two versions use Volume License Keys and do
not require the typical license activation process that you would typically
go thru with the other Office 2007 editions.

Does this sound correct? Has anyone run into any troubles with getting
Professional Plus edition installed and working on a Windows 2003 terminal
server?

Thanks in advance,
Ben
 
Re: Office 2007 edition for TS

Hello Ben,

Maybe this helps you for clarifying:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...7c1c-4d78-ac28-693aa4ea58d81033.mspx?mfr=true

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi. I've read some conflicting messages about which version of Office
> 2007 can be installed on Windows Server 2003 with terminal services
> enabled. From what I can gather, both Enterprise Edition and
> Professional Plus edition will work because these two versions use
> Volume License Keys and do not require the typical license activation
> process that you would typically go thru with the other Office 2007
> editions.
>
> Does this sound correct? Has anyone run into any troubles with
> getting Professional Plus edition installed and working on a Windows
> 2003 terminal server?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ben
 
Re: Office 2007 edition for TS

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote:

> Hello Ben,
>
> Maybe this helps you for clarifying:
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Offic...7c1c-4d78-ac28-693aa4ea58d81033.mspx?mfr=true

Hi Meinolf. That's a great resource I'll definitely hang onto.

Although the article doesn't specifically state which Office 2007 versions
will work in a terminal server environment, it does say only a version of
Office which uses a volume license product key and doesn't require
activation can be used. Then over on the Office site, it states that
Professional Plus is only available through volume licensing. I'll take
that to mean that if I purchase Professional Plus under volume licensing
(which is apparently the only available choice) then standard activation
would not be required and there will not be any error messages stating that
our copy of Office cannot be used on a terminal server.

This is at least what the general consensus seems to be among Office 2007
users. It would be nice if Microsoft would officially state exactly which
versions of Office 2007 do work and which don't work with terminal services.
Maybe it is stated somewhere and I just haven't seen it yet.

Thanks again for your reply.
Ben
 
Re: Office 2007 edition for TS

Hi Ben,

Let me confirm for you that the following versions will run under
Terminal Services (from direct experience):

- Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
- Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007

It is possible that there are other volume versions (such as Standard)
that will work as well, however, I have not tried them.

For example, let's assume that you need Pro Plus English version
through Open Business licensing. Here are sample part numbers:

79P-00123 Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 License
79P-00021 Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 Media Kit

As always I recommend you run tests to determine the CPU, RAM,
Disk I/O, and bandwidth required to support the number of concurrent
TS users you are planning. For example, Office 2007 can use
substantially more bandwidth which may be an issue over limited links
such as typical Internet connections.

Thanks.

-TP

Ben Amada wrote:
> Hi Meinolf. That's a great resource I'll definitely hang onto.
>
> Although the article doesn't specifically state which Office 2007
> versions will work in a terminal server environment, it does say only
> a version of Office which uses a volume license product key and
> doesn't require activation can be used. Then over on the Office
> site, it states that Professional Plus is only available through
> volume licensing. I'll take that to mean that if I purchase
> Professional Plus under volume licensing (which is apparently the
> only available choice) then standard activation would not be required
> and there will not be any error messages stating that our copy of
> Office cannot be used on a terminal server.
>
> This is at least what the general consensus seems to be among Office
> 2007 users. It would be nice if Microsoft would officially state
> exactly which versions of Office 2007 do work and which don't work
> with terminal services. Maybe it is stated somewhere and I just
> haven't seen it yet.
>
> Thanks again for your reply.
> Ben
 
Re: Office 2007 edition for TS

"TP" <tperson.knowspamn@mailandnews.com> wrote:

> Let me confirm for you that the following versions will run under Terminal
> Services (from direct experience):
>
> - Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007
> - Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
>
> It is possible that there are other volume versions (such as Standard)
> that will work as well, however, I have not tried them.
>
> For example, let's assume that you need Pro Plus English version through
> Open Business licensing. Here are sample part numbers:
>
> 79P-00123 Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 License
> 79P-00021 Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 Media Kit
>
> As always I recommend you run tests to determine the CPU, RAM, Disk I/O,
> and bandwidth required to support the number of concurrent TS users you
> are planning. For example, Office 2007 can use substantially more
> bandwidth which may be an issue over limited links such as typical
> Internet connections.

Hi TP,

Thanks for sharing that information -- it alleviates a lot of the stress
I've felt trying to compile the most accurate information as possible :-)

Your point about the bandwidth that Office 2007 might use during a TS
session is interesting. I haven't yet used Office 2007 and was thinking
getting the latest Office version might be best to put on a new Windows
Server 2003 installation. But I wasn't aware of the increased bandwidth
demand and might take a look at putting Office 2003 on the server instead.
Our internet connection speed is fairly standard and I wouldn't want to slow
down user sessions because of Office 2007 -- especially when our users seem
to be able to do everything they need with Office 2003.

I'd be interested in finding out how or why Office 2007 might use more
bandwidth in a TS session, since I had always thought that for the most
part, the only data that is sent to and from the terminal server and the
client is the video, keyboard and mouse I/O which would seem to be the same
regardless of the application running.

At any rate, thanks again for the post.
Ben
 
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