Application Licensing query

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Hi all,

After having spoken to some helpful people in the Networking forum, to solve
our Branch user problems we are looking at deploying terminal services.

Looking at the licensing side, I need to basically need to find a cost
efficient way to do the following...

Set up terminals with a single IP address (Of the TS farm), setup some kind
of mapping so that one set of users logon to Terminal Servers with only
Microsoft Outlook installed, and the other set of users get automatically
directed to servers with Office Standard installed...

I had looked at denying one set of users access to the full office suite via
ntfs permissions or group policy software restrictions, but apparently this
is not acceptable for Microsoft licensing...

How can this be achieved? I am looking at minimal deployment (Hence the
single IP requirement, and this also would allow any user regardless of
status to login to any terminal and get the right details.

Any help?
 
RE: Application Licensing query

Hi,

Thanks for that, I did not realize Softgrid did that...

So what I am being told is that in order to be compliant with Microsoft
licensing, I need to purchase and install/configure another Microsoft
product, which again requires its own licensing cals...

Surely there must be a better way than this, it seems like a real lot of
work and cost...

I do not need virtualized applications like softgrid delivers, just the
ability to direct terminal service users one way or the other based on group
membership, so I do not have to splash out on full Office Standard licences
for 1500 people... and I can do this...

Majority of users (1350) -> TS environment with IE and Outlook + Free office
viewers
Miniority of users (150) -> TS environment with IE and Full Office Standard

Surely this can be done?

"Yuri GMT+1" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You can use Softgrid.
> (Also in combination with terminal services if you like.)
>
> Follow these links for more information:
> http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/softgrid/solutions/accelerate.mspx?pf=true
> http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/softgrid/solutions/default.mspx
>
> All the best,
> Yuri
 
RE: Application Licensing query

Yes, I totally understand your concern.

In this case I suggest to deploy 2 separate terminal server farms. Per
requirement one farm.

Then your licenses are straight forward.

Best regards,
Yuri
 
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