WS2012-Licensing-Pricing-FAQ.pdf

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Hello, <br />
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I need to deploy a new Windows 2012 server with 10 users. Single server, single domain, AD, DNS, DHCP<br />
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I was thinking of Windows 2012 Foundation Edition but I have 2 questions:<br />
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- I need to install 5 RDS CAL for remote users. It is OK with Windows 2012 FOundation? (I know is it not recommended to install RDS on AD but it works in a 2008 Standard Edition and my question is if it works the same way with 2012 Foundation Edition)<br />
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- If I want later to add a second DC Windows 2008 Standard Edition in the domain, will it be possible? <br />
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- I wont be able to create more that 15 users in AD? or only 15 users will be able to connect at the same time to the server? What happens if a 16th user try to open a shared folder? <br />
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Thank you
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Hello, 

I need to deploy a new Windows 2012 server with 10 users. Single server, single domain, AD, DNS, DHCP

I was thinking of Windows 2012 Foundation Edition but I have 2 questions:

- I need to install 5 RDS CAL for remote users. It is OK with Windows 2012 FOundation? (I know is it not recommended to install RDS on AD but it works in a 2008 Standard Edition and my question is if it works the same way with 2012 Foundation Edition)

- If I want later to add a second DC Windows 2008 Standard Edition in the domain, will it be possible? 

- I wont be able to create more that 15 users in AD? or only 15 users will be able to connect at the same time to the server? What happens if a 16th user try to open a shared folder? 
 
Thank you

Windows 2012 Foundation Limitation

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.