Hi,
I have a few questions regarding MS RDS licensing. Can anyone help please ?
1) There are 700 factory workers, all sharing 1 common unique ID to log into 800 devices concurrently, every morning they come into work. How many RDS licenses do they need to procure ? User or Device RDS CAL ? Someone claimed that they only need to obtain 1 * RDS User CAL. Surely, that doesn't make sense, does it ?
2) Are you able to downgrade RDS CAL 2012 to RDS CAL 2003 ? If yes, how do you do so please ?
3) If I implement Citrix Xenapp, will there be a difference between RDS User CAL and RDS Device CAL ? Does the version of the RDS CAL affect the Citrix Xenapp functionality too ?
4) Lastly, how do I interpret this shown in Terminal Services Licensing Manager ? It says :-
- Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per Device CAL Token (Volume License)
Total = 9999
Available = 9299
Issued = 700
- Temporary Licenses for Windows Server 2003 - Terminal Server Per Device CAL Token
Issued = 177
Does that mean I've purchased 9999 RDS Device CAL and have used 700 Device CALs ? What does temporary RDS CAL licenses mean please ?
Thanks.