Talk to Microsoft. At least you'll get an MS answer. >>> James Rankin <[email protected]> 3/15/2011 9:04 AM >>> Hmmm. I don't know whether AppSense are trying to pull the wool over my eyes then. They sent me this document
http://www.appsense.com/Files/Documents/Microsoft%20Application%20License%20Control%20%28US%29.pdf which seems to indicate that "how the network is set up and how access is provided to Microsoft application software has no impact on the licensing of the application itself." Maybe they are just trying to get me to buy into their suite....which is not really necessary, seeing as though we already have 2000 licenses for it. Might be time to get onto MS directly. On 15 March 2011 13:00, Tom Miller <[email protected]> wrote: We purchase enough licenses so that each person who will potentially access the MS application has a license. So we purchase fewer licenses of MS Visio/Project/Access than the general MS Office Standard Suite. Access to those applications is limited to a number of staff in a special group, which we have configured for Citrix XenApp access. So users who don't have a license don't even see the app. I think this is correct; I called MS licensing about it. You can inquire at microsoft.com/licensing. Who knows, MS licensing seems to change every day. And if you are using virtual desktops, each Win 7 license comes with a virtual license too. But I don't know if that applies to MS applications. Microsoft Licensing = Obfuscation. Tom >>> James Rankin <[email protected]> 3/15/2011 8:51 AM >>> Am I right in assuming that MS desktop applications are all licensed on a per-device basis? We have 70 licenses for Project which are available to users coming through a Citrix infrastructure, with 1900 endpoints. Now, given that each endpoint logs on to a Citrix server where Project is available as a streamed app, is it correct that I would need 1900 licenses for Project, even though the application is restricted on a per-group basis to 70 users only? A document I received from AppSense seems to confirm these suspicions. I could use Appsense's Application Manager suite to restrict the execution of Project to 70 named devices, which apparently would conform with Microsoft's per-device licensing rules, but this would also create a big issue with my current client's push towards hot-desking as a solution for its mobile employees. Is there any way of complying with MS's per-device licensing rules in a Terminal Services environment where mobile users are required to log on at any machine, or will I have to a) bite the bullet and shell out for 1900 licenses, or b) restrict my endpoints to 70 "Project-enabled" workstations? I also have my suspicion that users' home machines with access to the Project application via VPN may also be classed as endpoints by MS for licensing purposes. Is this also correct? TIA, JRR -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' 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