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November 18, 2008 at 02:50 AM
dvijay

Licensing in Windows – Remote Desktop Vs Terminal Server

by dvijay . Updated 17 years, 8 months ago

We have a setup of 5 member project team. They dont have MS office installed in their system. However they may need to use MS Office very rarely.

We are planning to setup a new system with MS office installed in it and allow 5 members (from 5 different workstations) to connect to this new system via Remote Desktop.

Now, the next question is about MS licensing. Do we need 5 MS office license in all 5 different workstations? OR Is it OK to have 1 license in Remote Desktop and allowing 5 others to connect one at a time?

I know for sure, if we use Terminal services, we should have 5 licenses. We are not sure if this applies to Remote Desktop too (where only one user connects at a time). We dont want to invest in 5 licenses for a very less usage.

Any help on this is highly appreciated. Thanks in Advance.

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