OS requirements for NLB STD or ENT?

[Marc C]

Hello, It appears that I can run Network Load Balancing in Server 2003 Std
edition.
I would like to utilize this feature between (2) 2003 Terminal Servers.

I ask because I have heard (but cannot verify) that the enterprise edition
is required to utilize 2003 terminal server.

The articles I am looking at do not mention this requirement but I think
that in windows 2000, the ent ed was required for both Clustering and NLB

 

[Marc C]

RE: OS requirements for NLB STD or ENT?

BTW I do not expect to utilize session Directory server in the future.
(when it comes time to scale up, I hope to utilize to Citrix and it does
not appear that Ent Ed is required there.) I would rather utilize my current
2003 std licences than purchase ent ed licences for the short term.
Thanks again.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: OS requirements for NLB STD or ENT?

You can run TS and NLB on Windows 2003 Standard Edition.
Session directory requires Eneterprise Edition.
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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=?Utf-8?B?TWFyYyBD?= <MarcC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 10
okt 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hello, It appears that I can run Network Load Balancing in
> Server 2003 Std edition.
> I would like to utilize this feature between (2) 2003 Terminal
> Servers.
>
> I ask because I have heard (but cannot verify) that the
> enterprise edition is required to utilize 2003 terminal server.
>
> The articles I am looking at do not mention this requirement but
> I think that in windows 2000, the ent ed was required for both
> Clustering and NLB