MS Office on Terminal server

[Andrew Mallette]

excuse my ignorance but i am so confused by the licensing that i only
want to get it right.

A client has a Terminal Server with 5 user cal's, each person has MS
office 2003 on their own computer.

They want Office 2003 (same version) on the terminal server. What must
be done to keep in line with the proper licensing for Microsoft.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

In principle, you don't have to buy more Office licenses, because you
already have one for each device which uses Office. It doesn't matter
if Office is used locally or through a terminal services connection.
BUT: it depends on how you bought your current Office licenses. If
it's OEM (which came with the PC hardware), then you are not allowed
to install that on any other machine.

The best thing you can do is to contact your local Microsoft
Sales Representative (NOT a reseller/VAR) and get an evaluation of
what you need to purchase to be compliant.

_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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Andrew Mallette <andrewm270@aol.com> wrote on 12 jul 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> excuse my ignorance but i am so confused by the licensing that i
> only want to get it right.
>
> A client has a Terminal Server with 5 user cal's, each person
> has MS office 2003 on their own computer.
>
> They want Office 2003 (same version) on the terminal server.
> What must be done to keep in line with the proper licensing for
> Microsoft.

 

[paulc]

Here's a slightly OT question for you, Vera. Perhaps you ran across an
answer. I understand about OEM but lately we've been getting new HP's
desktops in with Office 2007 installed but not activated. This isn't
something we ordered but appears to be pre-installed on all the HP's we get.
So, would you consider that OEM? In my mind, it wouldn't be considered OEM
since we still have to pay to activate the software.
"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message
news:Xns996B9121F7868veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...
> In principle, you don't have to buy more Office licenses, because you
> already have one for each device which uses Office. It doesn't matter
> if Office is used locally or through a terminal services connection.
> BUT: it depends on how you bought your current Office licenses. If
> it's OEM (which came with the PC hardware), then you are not allowed
> to install that on any other machine.
>
> The best thing you can do is to contact your local Microsoft
> Sales Representative (NOT a reseller/VAR) and get an evaluation of
> what you need to purchase to be compliant.
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> Andrew Mallette <andrewm270@aol.com> wrote on 12 jul 2007 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
>> excuse my ignorance but i am so confused by the licensing that i
>> only want to get it right.
>>
>> A client has a Terminal Server with 5 user cal's, each person
>> has MS office 2003 on their own computer.
>>
>> They want Office 2003 (same version) on the terminal server.
>> What must be done to keep in line with the proper licensing for
>> Microsoft.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

I really can't answer that, Paul. I've personally only dealt with
software bought under a Volume Licensing Agreement, which doesn't
have to be activated. I would contact your reseller and a Microsoft
representative.
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

"paulc" <paulc@mmcwm.com> wrote on 12 jul 2007 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Here's a slightly OT question for you, Vera. Perhaps you ran
> across an answer. I understand about OEM but lately we've been
> getting new HP's desktops in with Office 2007 installed but not
> activated. This isn't something we ordered but appears to be
> pre-installed on all the HP's we get. So, would you consider
> that OEM? In my mind, it wouldn't be considered OEM since we
> still have to pay to activate the software.
>
> "Vera Noest [MVP]"
> <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message
> news:Xns996B9121F7868veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...
>> In principle, you don't have to buy more Office licenses,
>> because you already have one for each device which uses Office.
>> It doesn't matter if Office is used locally or through a
>> terminal services connection. BUT: it depends on how you bought
>> your current Office licenses. If it's OEM (which came with the
>> PC hardware), then you are not allowed to install that on any
>> other machine.
>>
>> The best thing you can do is to contact your local Microsoft
>> Sales Representative (NOT a reseller/VAR) and get an evaluation
>> of what you need to purchase to be compliant.
>>
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>>
>> Andrew Mallette <andrewm270@aol.com> wrote on 12 jul 2007 in
>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>>> excuse my ignorance but i am so confused by the licensing that
>>> i only want to get it right.
>>>
>>> A client has a Terminal Server with 5 user cal's, each person
>>> has MS office 2003 on their own computer.
>>>
>>> They want Office 2003 (same version) on the terminal server.
>>> What must be done to keep in line with the proper licensing
>>> for Microsoft.

 

[Andrew Mallette]

I have found out that 4 of the 5 are retail versions, and 1 is oem. They
are all the same level (2003 Professional). So that would seem to me
that i could install the retail version on the TS but only allow 4 out
of the 5 to use it? Unless i purchase one more retail license for the
OEM versioned PC?

Vera Noest [MVP] wrote:
> In principle, you don't have to buy more Office licenses, because you
> already have one for each device which uses Office. It doesn't matter
> if Office is used locally or through a terminal services connection.
> BUT: it depends on how you bought your current Office licenses. If
> it's OEM (which came with the PC hardware), then you are not allowed
> to install that on any other machine.
>
> The best thing you can do is to contact your local Microsoft
> Sales Representative (NOT a reseller/VAR) and get an evaluation of
> what you need to purchase to be compliant.
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> Andrew Mallette <andrewm270@aol.com> wrote on 12 jul 2007 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
>
>>excuse my ignorance but i am so confused by the licensing that i
>>only want to get it right.
>>
>>A client has a Terminal Server with 5 user cal's, each person
>>has MS office 2003 on their own computer.
>>
>>They want Office 2003 (same version) on the terminal server.
>>What must be done to keep in line with the proper licensing for
>>Microsoft.