Office with TS

What versions of Office will work with Terminal Services? Also, I've heard
you need to do volume licensing, but what's really there to keep someone
from just buying x number of individual copies of Office (other than it
being more expensive to do this)? Reason I ask is I have a customer that
has 10 copies of Office 2007 Basic and they want to switch from workstations
to a TS environment. They don't see why they should have to buy 10 license
through volume licensing if they already own 10 copies. Office has not yet
been installed on any machines since the decision to move to TS came before
it was installed.

 

Hi,

You need to use a volume license version. I have not seen
Office Basic available via volume licensing. I believe Standard
is the lowest cost volume option.

Different versions of Office grant different Product Use Rights.
Some versions *do not* grant network use rights, which is
what is required to use Office with Terminal Services. Some
give you the ability to load office on each user's home PCs,
whereas other versions do not.

In general the least expensive versions of Office give you the
least amount of rights. For example, the OEM versions of
Office that are often sold pre-installed on a new PC do not
give you network use rights. It is possible to add these rights
by purchasing Software Assurance for an additional fee.

The key is to read the End User License Agreement (EULA)
that comes with the version you purchased as well as the
Product Use Rights (PUR) documents that are available via
the web.

I am afraid you are stuck purchasing new volume licenses,
however, I would contact the Microsoft Licensing specialist
at your reseller to see if there is another option. Perhaps if
you have not opened your existing software it can be returned
to them.

For businesses it is usually best to purchase open licenses
instead of retail or OEM.

Thanks.

-TP

Jeffery Rehm wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> What versions of Office will work with Terminal Services? Also, I've
> heard you need to do volume licensing, but what's really there to
> keep someone from just buying x number of individual copies of Office
> (other than it being more expensive to do this)? Reason I ask is I
> have a customer that has 10 copies of Office 2007 Basic and they want
> to switch from workstations to a TS environment. They don't see why
> they should have to buy 10 license through volume licensing if they
> already own 10 copies. Office has not yet been installed on any
> machines since the decision to move to TS came before it was
> installed. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

Thanks for the info. I know what you mean by what a business should buy,
but we all know the reality of what they do in an effort to save a buck. I
wish I had a dollar for every customer I've picked up running eMachines with
XP Home on their workstations.





"TP" <tperson.knowspamn@mailandnews.com> wrote in message
news:uJ3CidZJKHA.4168@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
> Hi,
>
> You need to use a volume license version. I have not seen Office Basic
> available via volume licensing. I believe Standard is the lowest cost
> volume option.
>
> Different versions of Office grant different Product Use Rights. Some
> versions *do not* grant network use rights, which is what is required to
> use Office with Terminal Services. Some give you the ability to load
> office on each user's home PCs, whereas other versions do not.
>
> In general the least expensive versions of Office give you the least
> amount of rights. For example, the OEM versions of Office that are often
> sold pre-installed on a new PC do not give you network use rights. It is
> possible to add these rights by purchasing Software Assurance for an
> additional fee.
>
> The key is to read the End User License Agreement (EULA) that comes with
> the version you purchased as well as the Product Use Rights (PUR)
> documents that are available via the web.
>
> I am afraid you are stuck purchasing new volume licenses, however, I would
> contact the Microsoft Licensing specialist at your reseller to see if
> there is another option. Perhaps if you have not opened your existing
> software it can be returned to them.
>
> For businesses it is usually best to purchase open licenses instead of
> retail or OEM.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -TP
>
> Jeffery Rehm wrote:<!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
>> What versions of Office will work with Terminal Services? Also, I've
>> heard you need to do volume licensing, but what's really there to
>> keep someone from just buying x number of individual copies of Office
>> (other than it being more expensive to do this)? Reason I ask is I
>> have a customer that has 10 copies of Office 2007 Basic and they want
>> to switch from workstations to a TS environment. They don't see why
>> they should have to buy 10 license through volume licensing if they
>> already own 10 copies. Office has not yet been installed on any
>> machines since the decision to move to TS came before it was
>> installed. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

In article <eAxKcGYJKHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>, abs@spam.never
says...<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
>
> What versions of Office will work with Terminal Services? Also, I've heard
> you need to do volume licensing, but what's really there to keep someone
> from just buying x number of individual copies of Office (other than it
> being more expensive to do this)? Reason I ask is I have a customer that
> has 10 copies of Office 2007 Basic and they want to switch from workstations
> to a TS environment. They don't see why they should have to buy 10 license
> through volume licensing if they already own 10 copies. Office has not yet
> been installed on any machines since the decision to move to TS came before
> it was installed. <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

It was easy to install Office 2003 with individual licenses, but office
2007 checks to see if you're using VOL licensing or not - I've never
been able to force a non-VOL licensed 2007 to install on Terminal
Server.

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