Marty-I think we just went through something like this. We currently have 3 different WS03 TS servers, and purchased some additional user cals. Via our open license agreement, they came in as WS08 R2 cals (downward-compatible). Problem is, you can't install WS08+ cals on a WS03 TS Licensing server http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839878.
So, as long as you are going to run the WS08 server as the TS Licensing server, what you are talking about *should* work. In our case, since half of our user cals were on the old WS03 TS licensing server, I spent the time to call the MS Clearinghouse (always LOADS of fun) and got our all of our licenses (WS03 and WS08 R2) migrated to a new WS08 R2 RDS License server, decommissioning the old one. -Bonnie From: Marty Nelson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 08' in an '03 domain...no CAL's? Hey Richard, thanks for the reply. We're covered in the '08 CAL's department, it's just that I was under the impression that once a new server environment was introduced to a domain that new CAL's were required to cover that environment. -Marty From: Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Server 08' in an '03 domain...no CAL's? You'll need Server 2008 TS CALs for sure. I would think that your existing CALs would cover any file or printer shares you create there. Interesting question. From: Marty Nelson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Server 08' in an '03 domain...no CAL's? Hi everyone. I'm wondering if I can have a Windows 2008 Terminal Server in a Windows 2003 domain environment without purchasing Windows 2008 CAL's? Thanks! -Marty ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
