What does "CLIENT" mean?

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We are setting up Terminal Services in conjunction with Citrix. The
question is whether "client" means a workstation in the same domain.
If I setup my TS/Citrix server and all I am running is Windows 2000/XP
Pro clients I should not need any extra licensing. Is that true if the
2000/XP Pro clients are remoting from different domains?

The specific scenario is we have 60 Citrix licenses but we have a pool
of 120 workstations (I know!) that may or may not be on the same
domain. Do I only need TS CALS for the non-Windows 2000/XP Pro devices
or do I need CALS for any devices connecting from outside the domain?

Does that make sense?

Bob
 
The domain membership is of no concern to the licensing issue.
That means that every Windows 2000 Pro or XP Pro client that
connects to a W2K Terminal Server will get a free TS CAL from the
W2K TS Licensing Server, regardless of where they are located and
in what domain or workgroup.
So you only need to buy TS CALs for every non-W2K/XP Pro client
that connects (not concurrent!).
Citrix Client licenses are concurrent, so if you never have more
than 60 clients connecting at the same time, you are OK.

Note that this applies to W2K TS, not to Windows 2003 TS!

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