[K12OSN] Licensing, urgent !!

[Kevin Verheyen]

That's what i understood about the Terminal server CLIENT access  
license.

What I read was there is a difference between a Client TS cal and a  
Device TS cal.
The client cal was per user that gets connected, the device cal per  
device that connects.


But the defenition about a device connection is so cloudy....

--------------- http://www.brianmadden.com/content/content.asp?ID=154  
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Option 1. Terminal Server “Device” Client Access License

Terminal Services licensing has traditionally been handled by the  
Terminal Server device Client Access License (TS Device CAL). One  
license is assigned to each specific client device. Each unique  
client device that accesses a Terminal Server requires a single TS  
Device CAL.

What is this license good for? If your environment has workstations  
that are used by a multiple users, as in round-the-clock environments  
such as factory floors, call centers, and nursing stations, this  
license is the most effective since your users could share a single  
TS Device CAL.

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Does this tells me only each UNIQUE device HANDLED by terminal server  
needs a license?
"One license is assigned": Only the servers are getting a license  
assigned, no clients are even recognised by the win 2003 Licensing  
server? Do they exist? There's onlt one connection you can see per  
server, and not one connection made from a client...

hmhm....

Kevin


Op 7-okt-05, om 18:29 heeft Timothy Legge het volgende geschreven:

> Hi
>
> When I looked into the licensing some time ago I
> believe that you needed a Terminal Services Cal for
> each person/seat that connected.  The fact that the
> Windows server only sees three connecting server is
> immaterial I believe.
>
> Granted I have not looked in detail lately, but you
> can be fairly certain that you would need more licence
> than less...
>
> Tim
>
> --- Kevin Verheyen <thepiano at telenet.be> wrote:
>
>
>> Hello to you all.
>>
>> I'l have to give a presentation on monday about LTSP
>> in the
>> University of Leuven asked by REN Vlaanderen in
>> Belgium.
>>
>> I do have one big question regarding Licensing.
>> At our school we are running the following setup
>>
>> One smb/ldap file server on FC4
>> 3 centos LTSP servers with each 25 clients
>> 1 Windows 2003 TS.
>>
>> Now about licensing:
>>
>> How many Windows Device Licenses do I need?
>> As I can record on the Win2003 server the only
>> connections seen by
>> the server are those of the 3 LTSP servers.
>> So IMHO I only need 3 device TS licenses. Or am I
>> wrong?
>> Do I need a win TS Device cal license for each of my
>> workstations, or
>> just for my LTSP servers?
>> In fact they all run virtual desktops of the server,
>> they are no real
>> device connections?
>>
>> I do hope I only need 3....
>> Could some of you confirm or reject this?
>>
>> Thnx,
>>
>> Kevin
>>
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