Windows2003 Terminal Server Licensing

RoyATokeshi
May 20, 2003 12:30 pm

Did you know that the new terminal server licensing model will have both User and client device based licensing models? This allows the enterprise to decide which model will save them money. A manufacturing company that might have more users than devices (users share devices in the environment) can choose per device licensing. A company with many mobile users might choose user based licensing because they might have more devices than users. (Cell phones, PocketPC’s, laptops, desktops and home machines.)

Microsoft has also added a thing called the TS External Connector. This replaces the TS Internet connector and is significantly different. The internet connector only allowed anonymous connections to your terminal server farm. While the new external connector is still for the non-employee, non-contractor, business partner, and customer access only the external connector adds the benefit of allowing authenticated access to the terminal servers.
Now for those of you who liked to be somewhat creative with what devices you have connected to you Citrix servers. The new model removes the “equivalency” clause. The Windows2000 licensing model allowed for clients connecting from another Windows2000 server or Professional (and later XP Pro) machine to connect to a terminal server without the need for a separate license. There was no limit to these kind of connections in terms of licensing. The only problem was when your engineering geek types tried to connect via their newly rebuilt Linux on Xbox machine, then all kinds of licensing fornication would occur. Now at least the licensing admin can register the CAL and the enterprise will get the functionality associated with a particular PC or laptop or other device that a technically oriented Citrix user might rebuild and leverage the non-M$ ICA clients on.



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