Question : Disaster Recovery Terminal Server & Licensing

Hello Experts,

We have a Windows 2003 R2 Terminal Server in application mode which will also be it's own License Server (the license server software is installed, but is not yet activated, so we are on the 120 day trial period).  We will have 700 users connecting to this 1 terminal server (obviously not at the same time) and are in the process of getting Windows 2003 TSCAL licenses transferred from another 2003 TS license server in our organization (it has thousands of unused licenses) which is currently in a non-trusted domain, and may not be reachable from our Disaster Recovery site.

We need to setup a duplicate Terminal Server and TS License server at our Disaster Recovery Location that the same 700 users could connect to if our primary site burns down (for example).  The terminal server at the disaster recovery site will be unused 99.99% of the time.

So, do I need 700 licenses to be "transferred" or do I need 1400... 700 of which will be installed on the license server at the primary site, and 700 that will be installed on the license server at the disaster recovery site?

Is it true that if I setup the TS license servers to use PER-USER licensing, the number of TSCAL tokens registered on the license server is not checked and everyone is permitted to connect?  As long as it's the same 700 users would this meet the EULA?

Thanks,

Answer : Disaster Recovery Terminal Server & Licensing

you are right.

Per user licensing method was not checked


EULA Requirement: You need to purchase and 'assign' a license for every named used that will / can use your terminal servers.  You can reassign a license from user to another when you reasonably expect the user to never connect to the system again.  You cannot re-assign licenses to affect concurrent licensing.

Technical: You need to put your terminal server in per user licensing mode and install the license packs.  We do not track or enforce user licensing in Windows 2003.  With Longhorn we will be adding user tracking to help you manage your licenses.


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823313
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822134