Re: Software Licensing
None of the options that you have been told are correct :-(
1. server CALs:
assuming that the licensing mode of the Windows OS on all of your
servers (DC, Terminal Servers and whatever more servers you have in
your network) is "Per Device or Per User" mode (used to be called
"Per Seat" in W2K), you need exactly *one* server CAL for evey
device or user. This licensing mode should be choosen when you have
more than a single server, because it gives your clients the right
to connect to any number of servers with a single server CAL. 10
server CALs is enough for your 10 users in this configuration.
If your servers are configured in the "Per server" licensing mode,
then you would need server CALs for each server, the number being
the maximum number of simultaneous connections to each server.
Details here:
Licensing Overview for Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/overv
iew.mspx
2. Terminal Server CALs:
You always need a TS CAL for every user or device which connects,
there is no option to license per concurrent connection. But: the
TS CALs are per user or per device and they give that user or
device the right to connect to any number of terminal Servers.
So you need 10 TS CALs.
Note that you have to choose between Per User or Per Device TS
CALs. Choose Per User if you have more clients than users, i.e.
your users connect from their office PC and a laptop and their home
PC. Choose Per device if you have more users than clients, i.e.
users work in shifts and share a workststation.
Windows Server 2003 Pricing and Licensing FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/pricl
icfaq.mspx
3. Office licensing:
First the easy part: Office licensing is always per device, never
per user, never per concurrent usage. So you need an Office license
for every device which is used to run Office.
The difficult part is that an Office license for a device gives
that device the right to run Office whether it runs a locally
installed version of Office, or Office on a Terminal Server. So if
all of your clients already have a locally installed version of
Office, you would already have your required 10 Office licenses.
BUT: the above is only valid if the version of Office which is
installed locally is exactly the same version as Office on the TS.
And if Office came with the workstation, it's an OEM version, and
by definition, you can't install an OEM version of Office on the
TS. So that would mean that you would have to buy 10 Office
licenses anyway.
But maybe your clients don't have a local Office installation at
all, and in that case, you simply need 10 Office licenses (assuming
that your 10 users work from no more than 10 clients).
Note that you don't have to buy 10 Office licenses per Terminal
Server, it doesn't matter that Office is installed on multiple
Terminal Servers, the important part is how many clients run
Office, in one way or the other.
Licensing of Microsoft Desktop Application Software for Use with
Windows Server Terminal Services
http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/7/17745e4a-5d31-4de4-
a416-
07c646336d94/desktop_application_with_windows_server_terminal_servi
ces.doc
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting:
http://ts.veranoest.net
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"Calen Slezash" <cslezash@h0tmail.c0m> wrote on 02 okt 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
> If I have 10 remote users all running Windows 2000 Pro, a
> Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Network Load-Balanced (NLB)
> farm of two nodes (Server A and Server B), and MS Office 2003
> installed on each server node, what do I need to consider for
> licensing? I had called Microsoft 2 years ago on this, and here
> is what I understand:
>
> 1) Windows Server CAL's - ten for Server A and ten for Server B
> 2) Terminal Server CAL's - ten for Server A and ten for Server B
> 3) Microsoft Office 2003 single license - one for Server A and
> one for Server B
>
> An associate has told me that one would instead require ten MS
> Office licenses for each server node (20 total) in addition to
> the server CAL's. When I had called Microsoft about this, they
> had told me that a single Office license is required for each
> server since remote users would be licensed for the use of
> Office by virtue of having a server CAL.
>
> Can anyone confirm this please?