Re: Office 2007 on TS (weird licencing situation)

Hello,

I realize I didn't make myself clear enough. The customer is using network shares for storing most of its documents. However, a few other documents must be stored in a separate TS environment (explaining the reasoning leading to such an implementation would be too long). A user will thus use Office 2007 installed on its PC to work on most of the documents which are stored on network shares. If the user needs to work on a few other document, he must open a TS session to the TS server which contains Office 2007 and some documents.

Thanks for your help.

Xavier


"Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eW$Ti9ldIHA.4120@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Xavier wrote:
Hello,

I am facing the following situation: in a small company, the management decided that some documents were to be stored on a TS and accessed by a small amount (5) of people. These people do have laptops with Office 2007 Pro (OEM) installed.

According to http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/7/17745e4a-5d31-4de4-a416-07c646336d94/desktop_application_with_windows_server_terminal_services.doc: "Scenario 4 (...) The customer does not need to acquire any more Microsoft Office licenses as long the portable desktops are licensed for the edition, language, and version of Microsoft Office being accessed. "

My interpretation of the situation is that my customer does not need to buy additional licences, but should obtain a VL CD of Office 2007 in order to intall it on the TS ? Is there a way to obtain such a CD without buying licences ?

Any clarification would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Xavier



Have the documents stored in a folder tree on the server. Share the folder and then map it to a network drive on the clients' machines. Then they can open the files using their local Office applications. No need for further licenses. You don't need licenses to store documents on a hard drive.... You don't even need Terminal Services.

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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services

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