Windows 2000 Terminal services and VISTA

[Machunter]

What versions of VISTA are compatible with terminal services 2000. If
similar to XP I would assume Business and Ultimate. I have tried Ultimate and
it functions but
can someone confirm business is also ok? Special licensing considerations??

 

[Rob Leitman [MS]]

All versions of Vista come with the Remote Desktop Client.

Rob

"Machunter" <Machunter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BB9755DC-EA04-4297-80C1-CD14D0A9EFA8@microsoft.com...
> What versions of VISTA are compatible with terminal services 2000. If
> similar to XP I would assume Business and Ultimate. I have tried Ultimate
> and
> it functions but
> can someone confirm business is also ok? Special licensing
> considerations??

 

[Machunter]

Following is an extract from
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/en-us/terminal/terminal_faq.mspx


"No, Microsoft desktop operating systems (including Windows XP and Windows
2000 Professional) do not have a built-in Terminal Services CAL.

For Windows 2000 Terminal Servers, the license server issues machines
running Windows 2000/Windows XP Professional a "free" Terminal Services CAL
from its built-in pool (and its use is permitted under the Windows 2000
Server EULA). Windows XP Professional is a successor to Windows 2000
Professional, and as a result does not need a Terminal Services CAL to access
a Windows 2000 Server running Terminal Services. However, Windows XP Home
Edition is not a successor to Windows 2000 Professional (rather, it is a
successor to Windows Millennium Edition) and therefore does require a
Terminal Services CAL in order to access Windows 2000 Terminal Services."

So my question is will Windows 2000 issue a "free license" from its built in
pool for ista and if so which version. My testing with Ultimate says that
seems ok but what about other versions.

 

[Machunter]

Typing error --previous post should have read
So my question is will Windows 2000 issue a "free license" from its built in
pool for VISTA and if so which version. My testing with Ultimate says that
seems ok but what about other versions.

 

[TP]

Vista Business will obtain a license from the "free" pool when
connecting to a windows 2000 TS server.

-TP

Machunter wrote:
> What versions of VISTA are compatible with terminal services 2000. If
> similar to XP I would assume Business and Ultimate. I have tried
> Ultimate and it functions but
> can someone confirm business is also ok? Special licensing
> considerations??

 

[Machunter]

And the home versions will not??

"TP" wrote:

> Vista Business will obtain a license from the "free" pool when
> connecting to a windows 2000 TS server.
>
> -TP
>
> Machunter wrote:
> > What versions of VISTA are compatible with terminal services 2000. If
> > similar to XP I would assume Business and Ultimate. I have tried
> > Ultimate and it functions but
> > can someone confirm business is also ok? Special licensing
> > considerations??
>

 

[Jeff Pitsch]

no, home requires you to buy TSCAL's.

Jeff Pitsch
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Machunter wrote:
> And the home versions will not??
>
> "TP" wrote:
>
>> Vista Business will obtain a license from the "free" pool when
>> connecting to a windows 2000 TS server.
>>
>> -TP
>>
>> Machunter wrote:
>>> What versions of VISTA are compatible with terminal services 2000. If
>>> similar to XP I would assume Business and Ultimate. I have tried
>>> Ultimate and it functions but
>>> can someone confirm business is also ok? Special licensing
>>> considerations??