A Windows 2003 CAL is a license to use the OS and or it's services. Legally everyone needs one of these if they are part of a domain, print or save files, etc to a MS Server. This is true for PC's as well as Thin Clients.

A MS Terminal Server CAL is required for either every user or device (you choose which is best for you) that accesses Windows via Terminal Services. Note that Terminal services includes Citrix, RDP, and pretty much any remote display fashion other than administrative remote control purposes.



Ralf K. Wiegand wrote:

--- Craig Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Ralf,
This is covered by a thread called MS Cals.  The
fact that you are using Sun Ray and RDesktop does nothing to change your CAL
needs.

Here is the MS FAQ.


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/priclicfaq.mspx


--snip--

All users need a MS Windows CAL.  This CAL covers
you for authentication, file/print, etc.

From a Terminal Services Standpoint it depends on
what version of Windows Server you are running.

For Windows 2000, every device that connects to the
Terminal Server needs a TS Device CAL.

For Windows 2003, MS introduced a new type a TS CAL,
A TS User CAL.


I don't understand what the difference between "5
additional Winodws Server 2003 CALs" AND "5 additional
Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server (TS) CAL's" are.
Which is the correct one?

So the rule of thumb if you are using Windows 2003
is that if you have more devices than users, get TS User CAL's. If you have more users than Devices, get TS Device CAL's.

From there it depends on the apps you are running
to determine what other CAL's are needed. (Exchange, SQL Server, etc).
--snip--


Ralf K. Wiegand wrote:

Can someone please tell me if there is a FAQ or a
document that explains
what MS licenses are needed for a Sun Ray server
running Solaris 9 with
50 users?

We would like to find out what licenses are

needed to

be in legal compliance
even if RDesktop works without the licenses.

If there is no FAQ, could someone please explain

the

following:

Do we need one license per Sun Ray server that

would

cover all 50 users?
Do we need one license per user?
Is a Terminal Server CAL (Client Access License)

or a

Windows Server CAL needed for a Sun Ray?
Is the license entered into the Sun Ray server,

or do

we just need a piece of paper to be in legal
compliance?

What type of license and how many licenses are

needed

on a Windows Server
side?

Thanks.

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