Confused with liscensing and office

[Guest]

Can anyone help

If there a difference between a CAL and TSCAL

I will have 6 XP Pro Comps and 7 Thin Clients (WBT )

What licenses do i need ( want to license by user ! )

When it comes to office and deploying it for use with the thin clients, when
do i put the license keys in for them. If I have 7 boxed office 2003 do i
need to enter each of the license keys or does it assume i have them ?

PLASE HELP ME !!! !

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Yes, CALs and TS CALs are two different licenses, and you will
need both.
A CAL is needed to connect to any normal server, for
authentication, file and print services, connect to a shared
network drive and so on.
A TS CAL is needed to connect to a Terminal Server.
Note that neither CALs nor TS CALs are for concurrent connections,
you need one per user.

If you want Per Users CALs and TS CALs (assuming you run 2003 on
all of your servers), you will have to count the total number of
users that will connect.
Most likely, all users will need a CAL, since all users will need
to authenticate with a Domain Controller.
Only the users that will connect to a Terminal Server will need a
TS CAL as well.

About Office: here you can't buy Per User licenses, Office is
licensed Per Device. If Office will be used from all clients
(doesn't matter if it is installed locally on the XP clients or
run inside a TS session), you will need a total of 13 Office
licenses.
Just install Office on the TS, using one license key, and keep the
others on record.

Windows Server 2003 Pricing and Licensing FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/pric
licfaq.mspx

Licensing Microsoft Office in a Windows Terminal Server
Environment
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/licen
soffice.asp