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Can we install Outlook from SBS2003 on 2008 Remote Desktop Server?

Can we install the copy of Outlook that comes with Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Premium (SBS2003) onto a Windows 2008 Standard R2 Remote Desktop Services server?

We want to add a new 2008 RDS server to the existing SBS 2003 environment. Am I correct in saying the Outlook that comes with SBS 2003 is volume license so it can be installed on the remote desktop server and client can run it on there. Subject to correct licensing of SBS and 2008/RDS of course.

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@Fristy55 thanks for the advice. It will be a Remote Desktop Server (aka Terminal Services Server) so that's why Office is needed on it. I know in Office 2007 onwards you will get warnings at a minimum if you install anything other than volume licensed version on a Terminal Server / Remote Desktop server. It won't have Exchange on it but thanks for the warning.

Does anybody know if the Outlook 2003 that came with SBS2003 has a volume license key?

Cliff Galiher

It does not, and this is not SBS specific. Exchange 2003 CALs included rightrs to run Outlook up through 2003, but those CALs did *not* grant VL right sor TS rights. For that you needed to buy a full VL Outlook or Office. I believe this is still covered in the VL Product Use Rights document.

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@Cliff that's strange; since my last post I phoned Microsoft and they said the Outlook that came with SBS 2003 (and presumably exchange 2003 too) was a volume license. Thinking about It some more it can't be OEM and it wasn't Retail/FPP so I guess it would have to be VL wouldn't it? What else could it be?
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interesting i asked them if the OUTLOOK that came with sbs was vl and could therefore run on terminal server. I didnt ask him about the cals and i was put on hold for ages. I will check the archived pur, though if sbs2003 was bought oem it will be in a eula wont it.

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This question has been classified as abandoned and is being closed as part of the Cleanup Program. See my comment at the end of the question for more details.