Server 2008 Remoteapps and licensing
Hi everyone,
I am trying to choose between using Microsoft RDS for RemoteApps or ThinStuff's XP/VS program. I know that I need to purchase RDS CAL's for each user that will connect, but each user already has Office 2007, which I wanted to uninstall and just use it through remoteapps. From reading articles, it looks like I'd have to Re-purchase Office 2007 for each user through volume licensing? That's a huge cost, and they already own a license for each user. Thinstuff does not require I do this, but they don't have the ability to create an MSI package and install the remoteapps on each PC. Any thoughts?
I am trying to choose between using Microsoft RDS for RemoteApps or ThinStuff's XP/VS program. I know that I need to purchase RDS CAL's for each user that will connect, but each user already has Office 2007, which I wanted to uninstall and just use it through remoteapps. From reading articles, it looks like I'd have to Re-purchase Office 2007 for each user through volume licensing? That's a huge cost, and they already own a license for each user. Thinstuff does not require I do this, but they don't have the ability to create an MSI package and install the remoteapps on each PC. Any thoughts?
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The users would see their local desktop computer when then connect to the RemoteApp page they would connect directly from their to their local PC
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Is there a way to install the rdp with an msi file so I can set the default application for Office file types to be the remoteapp Word, Excel and so on? You can do this with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services, is there a way to do this manually with an MSI builder?
I'm not sure exactly what you want to do. Can you explain a little more?
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Can you explain that in more detail? How would it work from the users pov?