TS Licensing - Windows 2000/2003

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Jim Rose

Two questions:

1) In an Windows 2003 Active Directory environment, can
the licensing server be on a Windows 2000 server

2) If question to #1 is yes, than can a customer still
use OS equivalency (TS license via XP desktop OS license)
to license their TS connections, or do they (because its a
2003 environment) need to buy TS CALs.

Thanks,
Jim R.
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Two questions:

1) In an Windows 2003 Active Directory environment, can
the licensing server be on a Windows 2000 server
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Mmm, never tried, but I don't think so, since a W2K Licensing
Server must run on a DC in an AD domain. In a 2003 AD domain, you
wouldn't have a W2K DC.
2) If question to #1 is yes, than can a customer still
use OS equivalency (TS license via XP desktop OS license)
to license their TS connections, or do they (because its a
2003 environment) need to buy TS CALs.
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But this is possible! The OS on the TS decides if you can use OS
equivalency or not. And a 2003 LS can handle both 2003 and W2K TS
licenses. So if you have a 2003 DC, running TS Licensing Server
and a W2K member server running TS, the LS will grant a free
"Existing W2K TS CAL" to your W2K Pro and XP Pro clients.
 
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