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Terminal Services - Confusion
These Terminal Services licensing CALS totally confuse me. Here's the scoop:
I have a Windows 2003 Server in our office. Nothing regarding the CALS has been done to it. No Terminal Server has been installed and no licenses have been added.
The place where I work have bought some CALS, but I have no idea what they are or what else we need to buy. So far we have 'Windows Client Access License for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard, Enterprise, or Datacenter Terminal Server - User Licences: 5' (R19-00846).
Here's our setup:
We have a Windows 2003 Server which has a SQL Server express database. We have 10 Workstation PC's in our office running Windows XP Pro on each. 8 of these Windows XP Pro PC's have software on them that connect to the database on the 2003 Server. The PC's do not use Remote Desktop to connect to the server, just their software connect to the database on the server.
The 2 remaining XP Pro PC's will also connect to this database, but they will also connect to two separate Windows XP Pro virtual machines that live on the Windows 2003 server.
Each Windows XP Pro PC has the same userid on it. We do have shifts working in our office but they do not need to have their own user id's to do their work.
The Windows 2003 Server I believe comes with 5 CALS already. I don't know what kind they are or how to activate them?
As I've mentioned above, we've bought the following CALS, R19-00846. How can I use these in our setup?
Based upon what I've described above, can someone please tell me what more I need to buy to be in compliance with Microsoft licensing. I've read elsewhere in the forums of this site that the following types of licenses are available from Microsoft:
R18-00133
R19-00133
R19-00134
Which of these and how many do I need to buy?
I've read Brian Madden's article on how to setup terminal services on Windows 2003 (http://www.brianmadden.com/content/article/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Windows-2003-Terminal-Server-Licensing) but I can't figure out what I need to buy to be in compliance? I'm really hoping someone here can help me figure out what I need to buy.
Thanks in advance for all your help.
Charles.