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by sherry320

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Hi,
I work for a large company and we're looking at thin client implementations and enabling users to access the network from home, my problem is application licensing, I know with software assure we can mirror the licenses so users can access Office from home and still be properly licensed, but we don't have this!!!

Is there any other way to do it without buying an excessive amount of new licenses?

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by jdmercha

It depends on your setup. If you allow users to remote connect to their desktop, then they can use the Office license on that desktop. If you use terminal server, you can buy licenses for Office to run from the server and have the users use trerminal server from home and from their desktop.

Or as I'm sure others will say, switch to Open Office.

by sherry320

Thanxs for the info. we're going down the terminal services route in conjunction with Citrix for thin client use in the office. Unfortunately Open source software is not an option as I work for UK local government!!

by jaqui

yet the uk has stated that they are moving to open source in the government ( linux format magasine articles over the last year ) withing the next 4 years.
so you might want to rethink the open office answer.

by sherry320

Being a fan of Unix and Linux, I really wanted us to move that way, but was told in no uncertain terms would the council consider using a non-microsoft based system!!!

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