TS Licensing is not a stateful system, a license is either used or it isn't. There is no notion of concurrent licensing like Citrix
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: TS Licensing Ah, this makes a bit more sense. One way to handle this, I think, is to set timeouts for sessions. I'd set it for a 4-hour or 8-hour timeout, so that if they are logged in and idle for longer than that their session gets logged out. Kurt On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 21:38, Jeff Brown <2jbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Makes sense, but it looks like the Licensing server is telling us EITHER/OR, > not both and I don't see an option around that. > This is definitely not cut and dried.���I really thought device CALS was the > way to go, because we have a lot of "shared" computer space, and users that > are only on a computer 3 to 4 hours a week.���Problem is, we have opened up > Remote VPN access and now their home computers are eating up those licenses. > > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Art DeKneef <art.dekn...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> I go by how the business needs are. Going by your numbers you have 150 >> employees that used computers. How many computers do you have for the >> employees to use? How many do not need TS access? >> >> >> >> If they have 50 users that need access from 75 different computers then >> User CALs are used. The people can use any computer that is open. More users >> require more licenses. >> >> >> >> If they have 50 computers and these computers are access by 75 people then >> device CALs are used. This scenario allows more users without an increase of >> TS licenses. >> >> >> >> You can have both types of licenses on the same server. I do not remember >> how they are assigned other than when they are entered in the licensing >> server. >> >> >> >> Hope that makes sense. >> >> >> >> Art >> >> >> >> From: Jeff Brown [mailto:2jbr...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 2:53 PM >> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: TS Licensing >> >> >> >> We use TS extensively, we have less than 200 employees, 50+ that don't use >> computers at all�� We have 70 TS CAL's and have had trouble running short on >> those.���Up to this point we have purchased "device" CAL's and are thinking >> we migh�� be better off adding "user" CAL's? ��Nothing fancy, all our servers >> are W2k3 SP2 and our clients are XP Pro. ��Everything works, we are just >> running out of licenses.���Wondering if anyone out there has 2 licenses >> servers up so they can run both types and how does that work for you(if it >> is even possible to do on one network??)���(yes, we have 25 temporary >> licenses, those are plumb full as well) >> >> >> >> thanks for any help. >> >> >> >> jeff >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~ 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/> ~
