Re: Licencing for remote access

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Do the remote users have dedicated workstations in the office?

Do you mean that the users are coming into the SBS server via a Remote
Desktop session and that they have accounts that are domsin admins on the
server (so that they are "remote controlling" the server itself)? If so,
only 2 concurrent "remote administration" sessions are allowed because the
SBS 2003 server can only be used in Remote Administration Mode via Terminal
Services (it cannot be used in TS "Application" mode). And allowing users
direct remote control over your SBS server is a recipe for disaster. So,
for more than 2 concurrent sessions, you would need to add a Terminal Server
and licensing to your network.

If your current remote users are using Remote Web Workplace (RWW) to access
their office workstations (and the program onhte SBS server), and you only
need to add 2 more, your original 5 CALs that came with SBS 2003 should
cover them for remote access as long as you have defined 4 of the 5 CALs to
be "User" CALs.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"Sageman" <Sageman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5169AC45-7C47-4F52-8F3C-F3F61972621E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sorry this might not be the right place to ask but . . .
SBS 2003 R2 with 5 CALS - currently two users are running program on
Server
using remote desktop. Now need to add a third and possibly later a fourth
remote user. What licence do I need to buy to make this work? I have
been
told too many different things ranging in price from £300 to £2000 - MS
pre
sales guy said just add 5 Device CALS but that does not work. What do I
need
to buy? If someone has the part number of the licence we need that would
be
excellent!

Thanks

RG


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