[THIN] Re: MS Licensing of Office
- From: jay.jukes@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 09:53:16 +0930
This website sums it up pretty well. Licensing isn't on a per user basis
and is not concurrent. If you have 15 users and they use 30 different
desktop devices, you will need 30 licenses.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/licensoffice.asp
Cheers
Jay Jukes
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I need some clarification on a specific issue we have with a client.
They have a NT4Terminal server with 30 users and will be upgrading to =
Win2k TSE. They only have a 15 user license for MS Office 97 which they =
are happy to keep using, the problem is Microsoft said that they MUST =
have 30 MS Office licenses because it is a Terminal Server and 30 people =
have the potential to use it.
My question is, if they only have 15 (or less) users that need MS Office =
do they really have to get 30 Office licenses ?
If the 15 non Office users have no shortcuts to any MS Office =
applications is this good enough to prove they do not use it ?
We are very flustered by M$ attitude to Terminal server and licensing of =
MS Software on this platform. We have 30 W2k CALs and 30 TSE CALs, but =
getting 15 more Office CALs for people who will never use it seems to be =
a huge waste of money.
I just want to here from others who may have been told the same as me or =
who have found a different story as I can get 2 different opinions from =
M$ about the same question.
TIA
Malcolm
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