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More info?)
thought i read somewhere that 2003 license would only work with 2003
termserv; probably someone elses post a while ago
guess it is backward compatible
"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message
news:Xns9627E8590A963veranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...
> You've got it partly wrong, Seth.
>
> A 2003 Licensing Server can handle both 2003 and W2K licenses (both
> build-in and purchased) and issue licenses to both W2K and 2003
> Terminal Servers.
> A 2003 Per Device TS CAL can be used to connect to both a 2003 and
> a W2K Terminal Server.
>
> From:
> Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing White paper
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/termse
> rvlic.mspx
>
> <quote>
> Prevent License Upgrade Policy
>
> By default, this per-computer setting allows a license server to
> supply a Windows Server 2003 Family Device TS CAL token, if
> available, to a terminal server running Windows 2000 if there are
> no Windows 2000 TS CAL tokens available.
> </quote>
>
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> Vera Noest
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>
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> "seth" <me@myhouse.com> wrote on 28 mar 2005 in
> microsoft.public.windowsnt.terminalserver.setup:
>
>> windows 2000 license server will only work with windows 2000
>> terminal services
>> windows 2003 license server will only work with windows 2003
>> terminal services
>> if you upgrade your terminal server to 2003 (with upgraded
>> licenses) it can only be used with a 2003 terminal server
>> your existing 2000 terminal server without a 2000 license server
>> won't work without it
>>
>> "Rudy" <Rudy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C9F40ED1-D023-4E2A-A32C-F7DF10032229@microsoft.com...
>>>I have a W2K server witch is our licensing server for terminal
>>>server with 55
>>> CAL's.
>>> I Want to rebuild this server and place this licenses on our
>>> new ADS W2K3 server.
>>> Is this possible, and if so How, I tried to but I couldn't fill
>>> in the W2K CAL's.