Quick Licensing Question

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Hi Guys,

Just a Quick question here.

If I have 6 TS Servers (located in 6 different countries) and a Licensing
server per country (which i dont think I actually need!) where each TS Server
resides.... all in one global AD... and 150 users, that could connect to any
of the TS Servers (more than one at a time if they like), does this mean I
need 150 TS User CALS each per licensing server (so 900 TS USER CALS in all)
? - I dont know why they have done this...

Surey it would make sense to hook all 6 TS Servers to 1 Licensing Server
(that is reachable by all TS Servers) and be done with 150 TS USER CALS in
total on this one licensing server...All 150 Users should still be connect to
all 6 servers at once if they so please to do so... no?

A confused Lozza....
 
Re: Quick Licensing Question

True.
You can one License Server, pointed to by all TS. And this License Server
has 150 CALs installed.

Ratnesh

"lozza" <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:645CFF08-F781-44A1-80CA-8179A8F6AB17@microsoft.com...
> Hi Guys,
>
> Just a Quick question here.
>
> If I have 6 TS Servers (located in 6 different countries) and a Licensing
> server per country (which i dont think I actually need!) where each TS
> Server
> resides.... all in one global AD... and 150 users, that could connect to
> any
> of the TS Servers (more than one at a time if they like), does this mean I
> need 150 TS User CALS each per licensing server (so 900 TS USER CALS in
> all)
> ? - I dont know why they have done this...
>
> Surey it would make sense to hook all 6 TS Servers to 1 Licensing Server
> (that is reachable by all TS Servers) and be done with 150 TS USER CALS in
> total on this one licensing server...All 150 Users should still be connect
> to
> all 6 servers at once if they so please to do so... no?
>
> A confused Lozza....
 
Re: Quick Licensing Question

So, this will allow all 150 users to access all 6 servers if they please do
so, at once?

My only concern here is then, what will happen if the TSLS goes down... ?

"Ratnesh Yadav[MSFT]" wrote:

> True.
> You can one License Server, pointed to by all TS. And this License Server
> has 150 CALs installed.
>
> Ratnesh
>
> "lozza" <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:645CFF08-F781-44A1-80CA-8179A8F6AB17@microsoft.com...
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Just a Quick question here.
> >
> > If I have 6 TS Servers (located in 6 different countries) and a Licensing
> > server per country (which i dont think I actually need!) where each TS
> > Server
> > resides.... all in one global AD... and 150 users, that could connect to
> > any
> > of the TS Servers (more than one at a time if they like), does this mean I
> > need 150 TS User CALS each per licensing server (so 900 TS USER CALS in
> > all)
> > ? - I dont know why they have done this...
> >
> > Surey it would make sense to hook all 6 TS Servers to 1 Licensing Server
> > (that is reachable by all TS Servers) and be done with 150 TS USER CALS in
> > total on this one licensing server...All 150 Users should still be connect
> > to
> > all 6 servers at once if they so please to do so... no?
> >
> > A confused Lozza....
>
>
 
Re: Quick Licensing Question

Yes.
A TS User CAL gives the users the right to connect to an unlimited
amount of Terminal Servers.
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

=?Utf-8?B?bG96emE=?= <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 03
mar 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> So, this will allow all 150 users to access all 6 servers if
> they please do so, at once?
>
> My only concern here is then, what will happen if the TSLS goes
> down... ?
>
> "Ratnesh Yadav[MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> True.
>> You can one License Server, pointed to by all TS. And this
>> License Server has 150 CALs installed.
>>
>> Ratnesh
>>
>> "lozza" <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:645CFF08-F781-44A1-80CA-8179A8F6AB17@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi Guys,
>> >
>> > Just a Quick question here.
>> >
>> > If I have 6 TS Servers (located in 6 different countries) and
>> > a Licensing server per country (which i dont think I actually
>> > need!) where each TS Server
>> > resides.... all in one global AD... and 150 users, that could
>> > connect to any
>> > of the TS Servers (more than one at a time if they like),
>> > does this mean I need 150 TS User CALS each per licensing
>> > server (so 900 TS USER CALS in all)
>> > ? - I dont know why they have done this...
>> >
>> > Surey it would make sense to hook all 6 TS Servers to 1
>> > Licensing Server (that is reachable by all TS Servers) and be
>> > done with 150 TS USER CALS in total on this one licensing
>> > server...All 150 Users should still be connect to
>> > all 6 servers at once if they so please to do so... no?
>> >
>> > A confused Lozza....
 
Re: Quick Licensing Question

excellent... thanks Vera... have also done some reading....

Seems in this case and most cases, I can make do with 2 TSLS's as opposed to
6!!, split the TS USER CALS 50-50 on each server (and point all TS Servers to
both TSLS's) and if one ever fails... ensure it is back up and running
generally within a day or so... should limit the denying of user sessions...

I;m hoping my understanding is correct here...

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> Yes.
> A TS User CAL gives the users the right to connect to an unlimited
> amount of Terminal Servers.
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> =?Utf-8?B?bG96emE=?= <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 03
> mar 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > So, this will allow all 150 users to access all 6 servers if
> > they please do so, at once?
> >
> > My only concern here is then, what will happen if the TSLS goes
> > down... ?
> >
> > "Ratnesh Yadav[MSFT]" wrote:
> >
> >> True.
> >> You can one License Server, pointed to by all TS. And this
> >> License Server has 150 CALs installed.
> >>
> >> Ratnesh
> >>
> >> "lozza" <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:645CFF08-F781-44A1-80CA-8179A8F6AB17@microsoft.com...
> >> > Hi Guys,
> >> >
> >> > Just a Quick question here.
> >> >
> >> > If I have 6 TS Servers (located in 6 different countries) and
> >> > a Licensing server per country (which i dont think I actually
> >> > need!) where each TS Server
> >> > resides.... all in one global AD... and 150 users, that could
> >> > connect to any
> >> > of the TS Servers (more than one at a time if they like),
> >> > does this mean I need 150 TS User CALS each per licensing
> >> > server (so 900 TS USER CALS in all)
> >> > ? - I dont know why they have done this...
> >> >
> >> > Surey it would make sense to hook all 6 TS Servers to 1
> >> > Licensing Server (that is reachable by all TS Servers) and be
> >> > done with 150 TS USER CALS in total on this one licensing
> >> > server...All 150 Users should still be connect to
> >> > all 6 servers at once if they so please to do so... no?
> >> >
> >> > A confused Lozza....
>
 
Re: Quick Licensing Question

Yes, 2 Licensing Servers gives you redundancy, but more than 2 is
unneccessary.

_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

=?Utf-8?B?bG96emE=?= <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 03
mar 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> excellent... thanks Vera... have also done some reading....
>
> Seems in this case and most cases, I can make do with 2 TSLS's
> as opposed to 6!!, split the TS USER CALS 50-50 on each server
> (and point all TS Servers to both TSLS's) and if one ever
> fails... ensure it is back up and running generally within a day
> or so... should limit the denying of user sessions...
>
> I;m hoping my understanding is correct here...
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes.
>> A TS User CAL gives the users the right to connect to an
>> unlimited amount of Terminal Servers.
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> =?Utf-8?B?bG96emE=?= <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on
>> 03 mar 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>> > So, this will allow all 150 users to access all 6 servers if
>> > they please do so, at once?
>> >
>> > My only concern here is then, what will happen if the TSLS
>> > goes down... ?
>> >
>> > "Ratnesh Yadav[MSFT]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> True.
>> >> You can one License Server, pointed to by all TS. And this
>> >> License Server has 150 CALs installed.
>> >>
>> >> Ratnesh
>> >>
>> >> "lozza" <lozza@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:645CFF08-F781-44A1-80CA-8179A8F6AB17@microsoft.com...
>> >> > Hi Guys,
>> >> >
>> >> > Just a Quick question here.
>> >> >
>> >> > If I have 6 TS Servers (located in 6 different countries)
>> >> > and a Licensing server per country (which i dont think I
>> >> > actually need!) where each TS Server
>> >> > resides.... all in one global AD... and 150 users, that
>> >> > could connect to any
>> >> > of the TS Servers (more than one at a time if they like),
>> >> > does this mean I need 150 TS User CALS each per licensing
>> >> > server (so 900 TS USER CALS in all)
>> >> > ? - I dont know why they have done this...
>> >> >
>> >> > Surey it would make sense to hook all 6 TS Servers to 1
>> >> > Licensing Server (that is reachable by all TS Servers) and
>> >> > be done with 150 TS USER CALS in total on this one
>> >> > licensing server...All 150 Users should still be connect
>> >> > to all 6 servers at once if they so please to do so... no?
>> >> >
>> >> > A confused Lozza....
 
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