Controlling Office Suite Licenses thru TS

[Guest sihfmis]

How do I keep track of the MS Office Siute licenses when using TS?

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Controlling Office Suite Licenses thru TS

 

sihfmis <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> How do I keep track of the MS Office Siute licenses when using TS?

 

The same way you keep track of them on workstations. AFAIK, it isn't based

on simultaneous usage.

[Guest sihfmis]

Re: Controlling Office Suite Licenses thru TS

 

Okay, explain to me what AFAIK means.

 

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> sihfmis <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> > How do I keep track of the MS Office Siute licenses when using TS?

>

> The same way you keep track of them on workstations. AFAIK, it isn't based

> on simultaneous usage.

>

>

>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Controlling Office Suite Licenses thru TS

 

List of Internet slang phrases

AFAIK - As far as I know

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFAIK#A

 

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=?Utf-8?B?c2loZm1pcw==?= <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

on 06 aug 2007:

> Okay, explain to me what AFAIK means.

>

> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>

>> sihfmis <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> > How do I keep track of the MS Office Siute licenses when

>> > using TS?

>>

>> The same way you keep track of them on workstations. AFAIK, it

>> isn't based on simultaneous usage.

[Guest sihfmis]

Re: Controlling Office Suite Licenses thru TS

 

Thanks for the info but it still does not help me. Maybe I am not asking the

question correctly. I will try again. Through TS, I want to access/manage

my MS Office Suite users. I have 50 licenses available. How can I stop

users from getting into TS when I reach the 50 user limit?

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> List of Internet slang phrases

> AFAIK - As far as I know

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFAIK#A

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

> *----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------*

>

> =?Utf-8?B?c2loZm1pcw==?= <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> on 06 aug 2007:

>

> > Okay, explain to me what AFAIK means.

> >

> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

> >

> >> sihfmis <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >> > How do I keep track of the MS Office Siute licenses when

> >> > using TS?

> >>

> >> The same way you keep track of them on workstations. AFAIK, it

> >> isn't based on simultaneous usage.

>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Controlling Office Suite Licenses thru TS

 

There isn't an easy way, AFAIK :-)

What Lanwench meant with "it isn't based on simultaneous usage" is

that it isn't enough to make sure that you have a maximum of 50

users running Office at the same time, because Office licenses are

per device, not per user.

So to be compliant, you would have to select 50 specific clients,

and only allow access to Office from those clients, irrespective of

which users are connecting from those clients.

 

Office 2003 Licensing - Office as a client on Windows Terminal

Services

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ork2003/HA011403011033.aspx

 

One way to achieve this could be to run a script which checks the

%clientname% variable against a list of allowed clients, and start

Office from that script.

Clumsy, I agree. Office licensing seems to assume that, sooner or

later, Office will be used from every client, meaning that you

simply are supposed to buy as many Office licenses as you have

clients. For most organisations, this is probably true, but it

would be nice if there was a way to be compliant with the EULA even

if not every client runs Office.

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TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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=?Utf-8?B?c2loZm1pcw==?= <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

on 06 aug 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Thanks for the info but it still does not help me. Maybe I am

> not asking the question correctly. I will try again. Through

> TS, I want to access/manage my MS Office Suite users. I have 50

> licenses available. How can I stop users from getting into TS

> when I reach the 50 user limit?

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> List of Internet slang phrases

>> AFAIK - As far as I know

>>

>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFAIK#A

>>

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>> *----------- Please reply in newsgroup -------------*

>>

>> =?Utf-8?B?c2loZm1pcw==?= <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com>

>> wrote on 06 aug 2007:

>>

>> > Okay, explain to me what AFAIK means.

>> >

>> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>> >

>> >> sihfmis <sihfmis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> >> > How do I keep track of the MS Office Siute licenses when

>> >> > using TS?

>> >>

>> >> The same way you keep track of them on workstations. AFAIK,

>> >> it isn't based on simultaneous usage.