Charles Ezzell (MSFT)
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Tue Dec 07, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject:
Re: Using a TN3720 session & Licencing |
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This is my understanding, in non-lawyer terms. It may not be 100% accurate
<g> and you should double check. I would start with
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/default.mspx.
Host Integration Server 2000 and Host Integration Server 2004 licenses are
per processor. Thus, if you have a dual-proc machine, you would need 2
licenses for the server you installed Host Integration Server on. We do not
restrict (via licensing) the number of clients that connect to Host
Integration Server.
Client connectivity to the server running Host Integration Server does
requires CALs for the operating system. If you are out of CALs on your
server, and trying to connect more users, then you would need more CALs for
the server OS, but not for Host Integration Server, since we in effect don't
care (1, 2, 20000). It does not matter what "type" of "clients" are
connecting, or how (IP, named pipes, IPX, etc), each would require their own
CAL for the OS.
HTH,
Charles
"natd" <natd74@gmail.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Something I'm having difficulty getting getting a confident answer on
is the licencing required for terminals accessing a TN3270 session
from a HIS 200 server.
We have the server, licenced per CPU and currently it's used my lots
of people on the normal LAN (ie fully licenced Windows desktops).
I now want to add some of the more basic TN3270 sessions to be used
initially by Windows CE.net 5 devices. The vendor believes that no
'Windows Server CAL' is required and while I'm inclinded to agree with
them, I'd like to be clear how that position is determined. Would the
same apply if I was connecting from a Mac? |
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Neil Pike
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:47 am Post subject:
Re: Using a TN3720 session & Licencing |
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Natd,
I'd have thought that as you're licensed per cpu, and you're not using
"Windows" services like RPC/Fileprint/Domain etc. that you wouldn't need any
more licenses.
However, licensing is a very muddy area, so you shouldn't take anyone's word
for it on this forum, and the MS techies probably won't even offer an opinion -
they're not really allowed to on legal/licensing/marketing type issues.
The best solution is to keep calling the MS licensing department, taping each
call, until they give you the answer you're looking for. Then save that tape
and destroy the others ;-)
| Quote: | Something I'm having difficulty getting getting a confident answer on
is the licencing required for terminals accessing a TN3270 session
from a HIS 200 server.
We have the server, licenced per CPU and currently it's used my lots
of people on the normal LAN (ie fully licenced Windows desktops).
I now want to add some of the more basic TN3270 sessions to be used
initially by Windows CE.net 5 devices. The vendor believes that no
'Windows Server CAL' is required and while I'm inclinded to agree with
them, I'd like to be clear how that position is determined. Would the
same apply if I was connecting from a Mac?
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Neil Pike. Protech Computing Ltd |
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