If they are a non-profit then they might be able to get a significant discount on the desktop licenses. You need to have a desktop license with SA to get the right to run Thin PC on the device – think of it as a downgrade right to allow you to not upgrade the hardware. So you buy a corporate windows desktop license with SA and you can then install Thin PC on the device. If it is a Tech Soup license (CTX here in the UK) then you get 2 years of SA with the license and it can be transferred to a full PC at a later date if required.
Mike From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: 27 March 2014 14:23 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Windows Thin PC Licensing The underlined part is your answer. SA is not a one-off that you can purchase with anything and get all the SA benefits of another product. You have it over server licenses but not over your PCs. Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> w – 312.625.1438 | c – 312.731.3132 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hank Arnold Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 4:35 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [NTSysADM] Windows Thin PC Licensing At the Hospice I support, we have a significant number of XP machines that we are trying to mothball, but being a non-profit, money is *VERY* tight. One option we are looking into is the Windows Thin PC. We were told that it was available only if you have SA. I've read the literature from MS and I'm wondering if we are eligible. We do have SA, but it was purchased with some Windows 2012 Server licenses. The documentation mentions: " Customers with active SA coverage on their PCs will be able to install WinTPC on those devices. Customers without active SA coverage on their PCs can get SA by purchasing a Windows Virtual Desktop Access (VDA) subscription, which includes SA benefits such as WinTPC." Regards, Hank Arnold [cid:[email protected]] Twitter: @Hank_PCDoc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hank.arnold.96 My Blog: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/personal-pc-assistant/
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