Aamer M
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microsoft and citrix licenses
we are planning for a VDI solution for 500 concurrent users. we have selected the citrix xendesktop environment and I just want to confirm all the Microsoft licenses required for our scenereo.
user categorization: out of the 500 users
- 300 will be xenapp users accessing published applications hosted on windows 2016 servers
- 100 will be pooled windows 10 desktops
- 100 will be dedicated desktops.
the solution will be hosted on 4 servers hosts each with 2 processors and 16 cores per processor running VMware esxi.
the solution will have 4 xenspp servers to host the 300 users
the solution will have 200 windows desktops as vdi.
clients will access the applications and desktops using thin clients
I want the licenses we need for the environment.
windows server licenses,
RDS licenses
citrix has proposed 500 concurrent user licenses for their solution and are there any additional licenses that we need to consider from Microsoft other than the RDS licenses?
for windows 10 will have 200 MDOP licenses.
we have taken into account the SQL server licenses already.
as we are in the final phases I don't want to have any surprises at the last moment so asking experts if I am missing out on anything?
thanks
user categorization: out of the 500 users
- 300 will be xenapp users accessing published applications hosted on windows 2016 servers
- 100 will be pooled windows 10 desktops
- 100 will be dedicated desktops.
the solution will be hosted on 4 servers hosts each with 2 processors and 16 cores per processor running VMware esxi.
the solution will have 4 xenspp servers to host the 300 users
the solution will have 200 windows desktops as vdi.
clients will access the applications and desktops using thin clients
I want the licenses we need for the environment.
windows server licenses,
RDS licenses
citrix has proposed 500 concurrent user licenses for their solution and are there any additional licenses that we need to consider from Microsoft other than the RDS licenses?
for windows 10 will have 200 MDOP licenses.
we have taken into account the SQL server licenses already.
as we are in the final phases I don't want to have any surprises at the last moment so asking experts if I am missing out on anything?
thanks
What about the application license counts.
ASKER
we have purchased the following
for 100 windows 10 VDI's we have 100 MDOP with subscription advantage.
for 200 connections to 4 xenapp servers we have purchased 200 RDS licenses.
servers are running windows server 2016 dc and is covered as the host is licenses
Windows CALS are covered as part of the MDOP licenses.
citrix licenses as below
Citrix XenDesktop Enterprise Edition - x1 Concurrent User License: 300
CSS Select Citrix XenDesktop Enterprise Edition - x1 Concurrent User License 3 Years: 300
Citrix NetScaler VPX 200 Mbps Standard Edition: 1
CSS Select Citrix NetScaler VPX 200 Mbps Standard Edition 3 Year
just wanted to confirm if my licenses are in place
for 100 windows 10 VDI's we have 100 MDOP with subscription advantage.
for 200 connections to 4 xenapp servers we have purchased 200 RDS licenses.
servers are running windows server 2016 dc and is covered as the host is licenses
Windows CALS are covered as part of the MDOP licenses.
citrix licenses as below
Citrix XenDesktop Enterprise Edition - x1 Concurrent User License: 300
CSS Select Citrix XenDesktop Enterprise Edition - x1 Concurrent User License 3 Years: 300
Citrix NetScaler VPX 200 Mbps Standard Edition: 1
CSS Select Citrix NetScaler VPX 200 Mbps Standard Edition 3 Year
just wanted to confirm if my licenses are in place
But about the actually applications that are being accessed via XENAPP. They need to be licensed properly as well.
MS OFFICE
Adobe or PDF application.
Etc......
MS OFFICE
Adobe or PDF application.
Etc......
Windows CALS are covered as part of the MDOP licenses. MDOP stands for Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack to the best of my knowledge and this has nothing to do with Windows CAL's
For 100 windows 10 VDI's we have 100 MDOP with subscription advantage. Do you mean 100 Microsoft VDA licenses ($100USD/device per year)
For 100 windows 10 VDI's we have 100 MDOP with subscription advantage. Do you mean 100 Microsoft VDA licenses ($100USD/device per year)
ASKER
Microsoft vda licenses are covered if you have subscription advantage so no need to buy additional VDA licenses. MDOP already cover windows CALS. its like per seat licenses that gives a windows client with MDOP to access any server
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MDOP is Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
For Session Based you should have 6 (50/server)
500 Windows Server AND Windows RDP User CALS