External Connector License

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J. Bryan Wehrenberg

I'm wondering if I'm on the right track with my situation. I have several
remote offices that need access to an application on a centralized server
here at the main office. My users will sometimes be accessing this
application from home, sometimes from the remote offices and sometimes from
temporary field offices on laptops. I would like to use MetaFrame for this
as it has many bells and wistles that I like so my first thought was to use
Terminal Server CAL's for all of these remote people. But the licenses for
that are issued on a per device basis so each user could potentially need 3
licesnces apiece, which seems a little pricey on a per person basis.

I then ran across the External Connector License which seems to run in a per
user basis. Is this what I want to use and will it work with MetaFrame?

Slightly confused by the TS licensing model,
J. Bryan Wehrenberg, HCSS IT Mgr.
bryan <@> hcss.com
 
The licensing method you mentioned is only valid for non-authenticated users,
so this won't work for you.

2003 Terminal Server CALs are offered in per-user & per-device versions, so
you can purchase 1 per-user Terminal Server CAL and 1 per-user Windows Server
CAL for each user, then as many Citrix MetaFrame connection licenses as you
ever anticipate needing at one time (Citrix licenses are conncurrent, Windows
are NOT). So if you have 300 employees but only 200 ever connect at one time
you can buy 300 Per-User Windows Server CALs, 300 Per-User TSCALs and 200
MetaFrame Licenses.

2003 Terminal Server Licensing FAQ
http://www.workthin.com/tsls2k3.htm

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com
 
Thanks.

-Bryan

Patrick Rouse said:
The licensing method you mentioned is only valid for non-authenticated
users,
so this won't work for you.

2003 Terminal Server CALs are offered in per-user & per-device versions,
so
you can purchase 1 per-user Terminal Server CAL and 1 per-user Windows
Server
CAL for each user, then as many Citrix MetaFrame connection licenses as
you
ever anticipate needing at one time (Citrix licenses are conncurrent,
Windows
are NOT). So if you have 300 employees but only 200 ever connect at one
time
you can buy 300 Per-User Windows Server CALs, 300 Per-User TSCALs and 200
MetaFrame Licenses.

2003 Terminal Server Licensing FAQ
http://www.workthin.com/tsls2k3.htm

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com
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