Not really. What is means is you need a 2003 TS CAL for any devices. A 2000 TSL will not hand out licenses to a 2003 server. So unless you plan on staying with 200 for ever (or for a long time at least) we will all be buying some licenses in the near future. BTW some people did stay at NT 4.0 TSE for a long time after 2k came out just for the licensing.. Basically they were stealing the licenses and their boss wouldn't pay for more... company sanctioned theft? Ron Oglesby Senior Technical Architect RapidApp Office 312.372.7188 Mobile 815.325.7618 email roglesby@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Chris Lynch [mailto:lynch00@xxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:58 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] TS 2003 Licensing. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Has anyone read the new white paper on Windows 2003 TS Licensing? Copied from Page 4: "All devices connecting to a terminal server running Windows Server 2003 are required to have a Windows Server 2003 TS CAL. No operating system, including Windows 2000 Professional or successor operating system(s) will be issued a token from the built-in pool." Does this suck or what? That means that you either a. Need a Windows 2000 TSL server, or b. Purchase a W2k3 TSCAL for every Windows 2000 machine. Chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 Comment: Public PGP key for Chris Lynch iQA/AwUBP0D3jW9fg+xq5T3MEQLCOwCg6poAHXkkhfIBf5xmnyY25iUQw9UAoNXW HA6T49R5mkxIhN4URhAOro5a =ODZT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor: RES PowerFuse, The Management Framework for Windows Eliminate Multiple Tools, Multiple Support Channels and Multiple Costs Manage, Control, and Secure an Entire Windows environment with Ease, including Real-time Reporting and Documenting Components Validate a Meaningful ROI on All of your IT Investments with RES PowerFuse. http://www.respowerfuse.com/ ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor: RES PowerFuse, The Management Framework for Windows Eliminate Multiple Tools, Multiple Support Channels and Multiple Costs Manage, Control, and Secure an Entire Windows environment with Ease, including Real-time Reporting and Documenting Components Validate a Meaningful ROI on All of your IT Investments with RES PowerFuse. http://www.respowerfuse.com/ ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm