Heh. They're good for simple tasks, until they're trained enough to figure things out for themselves. The problem is getting time to train them...
Kurt On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 19:10, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah..minions...what are they good for? > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The licenses for the products on the laptops and desktops is a retail >> license. >> >> We can certainly get a volume license for the TS machine, but if we >> need to also buy another volume license for our current installs, >> well, that's a lot of money, and likely won't happen. >> >> My minion has called MSFT licensing, and the results were, well, >> obscure. I'm probably going to have to call myself. >> >> After we get past the licensing, however, then we get to the technical >> question: >> >> Can I limit access on the TS box to a set of named users, however that >> might be maintained, and how is that set up? >> >> Kurt >> >> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 17:43, Michael B. Smith >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Depends on what kind of license you have. >> > >> > If you have retail licenses, the answer is "no". >> > >> > If you have open business licenses, the answer is "maybe". >> > >> > If you have open value licenses with SA, the answer is "yes". >> > >> > If you have select or enterprise licenses, the answer is "yes". >> > >> > Retail licenses shouldn't even install on TS. >> > >> > Now, IANAL. Your best bet is to call microsoft.com/licensing, ask the >> > question, record the answer for CYA, and then do it if the answer is the >> > one >> > you need. >> > >> > ________________________________________ >> > From: Kurt Buff [[email protected]] >> > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:18 PM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Visio licensing and Win2k TS >> > >> > All, >> > >> > Wind2k3 domain... >> > >> > We have a number of users with Visio on their laptops, and frequently >> > use it while connected to our SSL VPN, by copying the files back and >> > forth to the file server. >> > >> > They want to have it installed on our Win2k TS box, because they often >> > work on the same documents, and don't want to drag the documents back >> > to the file server and overwrite what someone else has saved in the >> > interim. >> > >> > I've done some cursory investigation, and can't find an answer to this >> > question: >> > >> > Is it feasible to install Visio on Win2k TS, and limit access to it to >> > staff (and I'm willing to maintain such a list manually, but would >> > prefer to do it through a group management facility of some sort) who >> > have Visio installed on their laptops? >> > >> > Kurt >> > >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > >> > >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
