Terminal Services Licensing Conundrum

[Tweezer]

I have a TS licensing question I have yet to see answered, maybe someone here
can help.

All servers are 2003 Stabndard R2 SP2.
All clients are XP Pro SP2 or SP3
All TSCALs are device CALS.

We have two single domain forests with no possibility of establishing a
trust relationship between them.
All XP computers are members of domain/forest A and are currently able to
use TS without any issues. We wish to now put a TS up in domain/forest B and
allow XP computers from domain A to connect. I understand that we will need
a licensing server in domain/forest B which should be no problem.

Do I need to purchase TSCALs for domain B? All computers connecting already
have a TSCAL issued from domain A.

 

[Rob Leitman [MS]]

Re: Terminal Services Licensing Conundrum

If these domains are in the same company, there's no need for additional
CALs.

As long as each XP computer continues to visit TSs in both domains, they
will be able to connect without a problem.

Rob

"Tweezer" <Tweezer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news5EADAD5-8AE3-4743-8967-864267B3BBF9@microsoft.com...
>I have a TS licensing question I have yet to see answered, maybe someone
>here
> can help.
>
> All servers are 2003 Stabndard R2 SP2.
> All clients are XP Pro SP2 or SP3
> All TSCALs are device CALS.
>
> We have two single domain forests with no possibility of establishing a
> trust relationship between them.
> All XP computers are members of domain/forest A and are currently able to
> use TS without any issues. We wish to now put a TS up in domain/forest B
> and
> allow XP computers from domain A to connect. I understand that we will
> need
> a licensing server in domain/forest B which should be no problem.
>
> Do I need to purchase TSCALs for domain B? All computers connecting
> already
> have a TSCAL issued from domain A.
>
>

 

[Frane]

Re: Terminal Services Licensing Conundrum

You will need to purchase CAL if you're unable to override terminal
services licensing in domain B to point to license server in domain A.
There are several ways to do this, via VPN, via regular network connection
(check http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832017 and then search
TermServLicensing for what ports would need to open for licensing service
to communicate)



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Frane Borozan
Terminal Services and Citrix Presentation Server user logging
http://www.terminalserviceslog.com

 

[Tweezer]

Re: Terminal Services Licensing Conundrum

Just to be certain. Even though the two forests are completely air gapped
when a user takes a laptop from domain A and connects it to a TS in domain B.
It will not request another license since it will have a valid license it
received from domain A. Also as a followup question. If I decide to
purchase some more TSCALs since I'm starting to run a little low. If I
purchase Server 2008 TSCALs will they be able to be installed on a 2003
license server?



"Rob Leitman [MS]" wrote:

> If these domains are in the same company, there's no need for additional
> CALs.
>
> As long as each XP computer continues to visit TSs in both domains, they
> will be able to connect without a problem.
>
> Rob
>
> "Tweezer" <Tweezer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news5EADAD5-8AE3-4743-8967-864267B3BBF9@microsoft.com...
> >I have a TS licensing question I have yet to see answered, maybe someone
> >here
> > can help.
> >
> > All servers are 2003 Stabndard R2 SP2.
> > All clients are XP Pro SP2 or SP3
> > All TSCALs are device CALS.
> >
> > We have two single domain forests with no possibility of establishing a
> > trust relationship between them.
> > All XP computers are members of domain/forest A and are currently able to
> > use TS without any issues. We wish to now put a TS up in domain/forest B
> > and
> > allow XP computers from domain A to connect. I understand that we will
> > need
> > a licensing server in domain/forest B which should be no problem.
> >
> > Do I need to purchase TSCALs for domain B? All computers connecting
> > already
> > have a TSCAL issued from domain A.
> >
> >
>
>