mix licence device and user

[Guest Luca]

Hello,

we have a windows2003 r2 with terminal services installed, it is licence

server too for 60 ts device cal. Now we add another windows2003 64x, in the

same domain, also as terminal and we must purchase other ts cal licence. The

domain controler is a third mahine with Win2003 r2.

This time we preferer user licence.

 

I need to activate another licence server for the new server, or I connect

to the first one?

 

Can I have two licence server, one in device and the other in user mode?

 

It's better I remove the first licence server and activate it on the domain

controller in user mode for all the tscal?

 

Thanks.

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: mix licence device and user

 

There's no need to install a second TS Licensing Server. A TS

Licensing Server can issue both Per User and Per Device TS CALs.

Note that a TS Licensing Server doesn't have a licensing mode, it's

the Terminal Server that is configured in either the Per User or

the Per Device licensing mode.

So just install your new licenses on the existing TS LS and point

all of your TS to the LS.

 

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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=?Utf-8?B?THVjYQ==?= <Luca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 07

feb 2008:

> Hello,

> we have a windows2003 r2 with terminal services installed, it is

> licence server too for 60 ts device cal. Now we add another

> windows2003 64x, in the same domain, also as terminal and we

> must purchase other ts cal licence. The domain controler is a

> third mahine with Win2003 r2. This time we preferer user

> licence.

>

> I need to activate another licence server for the new server, or

> I connect to the first one?

>

> Can I have two licence server, one in device and the other in

> user mode?

>

> It's better I remove the first licence server and activate it on

> the domain controller in user mode for all the tscal?

>

> Thanks.

[Guest Luca]

Re: mix licence device and user

 

But the licence server is installed in one of the terminal, isn't better to

move it in the domain controller?

So I'll configure one terminal server in device mode and the other in user

mode and I'll install all the licence in the licence server.

The user that access the first server will have certificate his device,

instead if he access the second server he receives a user certificate?

 

Thanks

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> There's no need to install a second TS Licensing Server. A TS

> Licensing Server can issue both Per User and Per Device TS CALs.

> Note that a TS Licensing Server doesn't have a licensing mode, it's

> the Terminal Server that is configured in either the Per User or

> the Per Device licensing mode.

> So just install your new licenses on the existing TS LS and point

> all of your TS to the LS.

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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

>

> =?Utf-8?B?THVjYQ==?= <Luca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 07

> feb 2008:

>

> > Hello,

> > we have a windows2003 r2 with terminal services installed, it is

> > licence server too for 60 ts device cal. Now we add another

> > windows2003 64x, in the same domain, also as terminal and we

> > must purchase other ts cal licence. The domain controler is a

> > third mahine with Win2003 r2. This time we preferer user

> > licence.

> >

> > I need to activate another licence server for the new server, or

> > I connect to the first one?

> >

> > Can I have two licence server, one in device and the other in

> > user mode?

> >

> > It's better I remove the first licence server and activate it on

> > the domain controller in user mode for all the tscal?

> >

> > Thanks.

>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: mix licence device and user

 

No, there's no real reason to move the LS, unless you want to, or

you have a *huge* number of users, in which case you could move it

to a dedicated server for performance reasons.

 

Yes, it will be difficult to keep track of the number of licenses

that you need, that's why mixing user and device licenses within

the same organisation isn't done very often.

 

Per User licenses are currently unmanaged, so ther are not really

issued. The TS just checks if it can locate a LS.

 

So if all clients/users connect to both Terminal Servers, you would

not need both types of licenses, existing Per Device licenses are

valid for connection to multiple servers.

 

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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

 

=?Utf-8?B?THVjYQ==?= <Luca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 07

feb 2008:

> But the licence server is installed in one of the terminal,

> isn't better to move it in the domain controller?

> So I'll configure one terminal server in device mode and the

> other in user mode and I'll install all the licence in the

> licence server. The user that access the first server will have

> certificate his device, instead if he access the second server

> he receives a user certificate?

>

> Thanks

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> There's no need to install a second TS Licensing Server. A TS

>> Licensing Server can issue both Per User and Per Device TS

>> CALs. Note that a TS Licensing Server doesn't have a licensing

>> mode, it's the Terminal Server that is configured in either the

>> Per User or the Per Device licensing mode.

>> So just install your new licenses on the existing TS LS and

>> point all of your TS to the LS.

>>

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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

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

>>

>> =?Utf-8?B?THVjYQ==?= <Luca@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on

>> 07 feb 2008:

>>

>> > Hello,

>> > we have a windows2003 r2 with terminal services installed, it

>> > is licence server too for 60 ts device cal. Now we add

>> > another windows2003 64x, in the same domain, also as terminal

>> > and we must purchase other ts cal licence. The domain

>> > controler is a third mahine with Win2003 r2. This time we

>> > preferer user licence.

>> >

>> > I need to activate another licence server for the new server,

>> > or I connect to the first one?

>> >

>> > Can I have two licence server, one in device and the other in

>> > user mode?

>> >

>> > It's better I remove the first licence server and activate it

>> > on the domain controller in user mode for all the tscal?

>> >

>> > Thanks.