[THIN] Re: Windows 2003 TS licensing

  • From: "Landin, Mark" <Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 16:32:17 -0500

Yes, I think so.

All I know is that when a license can't be issued, it's the Term Server
that gets the "smoking gun" record in the Event Log. It's obviously the
licensing "middle-man", brokering the transaction between the TSCAL
license server and the client that needs one. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Turman, David C.
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:21 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Windows 2003 TS licensing
> 
> 
>       Then why do the clients get the MSLicensing registry key?
>       Does the term server write it?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Landin, Mark [mailto:Mark.Landin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:15 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Windows 2003 TS licensing
> 
> 
> It doesn't matter about the client. The client's don't ask 
> for licenses
> from the license server, only the terminal servers do. The clients can
> be anywhere, any domain. It's whether or not the terminal 
> servers are in
> the same workgroup, domain, or site as the license server 
> that matters. 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of swifty
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:11 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Windows 2003 TS licensing
> > 
> > Thanks for that, I have already read this paper and did not
> > find the answer.
> > This only mentions server to license server requests, not 
> the client.
> > 
> > For example in 
> > http://www.brianmadden.com/attachments/Brian%20Madden%20-%20Te
> > rminal%20Serve
> > r%202003%20Licensing.pdf it mentions that if in workgroup
> > mode the client must also be in the same domain as the 
> license server.
> > 
> > I am not sure?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Landin, Mark
> > Sent: 22 September 2004 21:00
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Windows 2003 TS licensing
> > 
> > The 2003 TS Licensing whitepaper can be found at:
> > 
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/t
> > ermservlic
> > .mspx
> > 
> > From the whitepaper:
> > 
> > " During the installation of the Terminal Server Licensing
> > service, you need to choose between the following modes of 
> > the license server:
> > *   Your entire enterprise (enterprise license server)
> > *   Your domain or workgroup (domain/workgroup license server)
> > These options determine how and when a license server will be 
> > discovered by terminal servers. In a workgroup or non-Active 
> > Directory domain, you must choose "Your domain or workgroup." 
> > In this scenario, a license server is automatically 
> > discovered by any terminal server within the same subnet as 
> > the license server. 
> > In an Active Directory-based domain, you might choose either 
> > option. An enterprise licensing server is automatically 
> > discovered by any terminal server within the same site as the 
> > license server. A domain licensing server is automatically 
> > discovered by any terminal server that is a member of the 
> > same domain as the license server."
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > > On Behalf Of
> > swifty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:54 PM
> > > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [THIN] Windows 2003 TS licensing
> > > 
> > > Hello all,
> > > 
> > > Can anyone point me in the right direction for 2003 server TS
> > > licensing. I am particurly interested in the installation, ie the 
> > > scope. Domain or enterprise option.
> > > 
> > > I am struggling finding out what the true differences are.
> > > 
> > > For example I am trying to figure out whether a client on
> > domain A can
> > > connect to a TS server on Domain B whos License server is
> > on Domain B.
> > > 
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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