'Volume Licensing desktop application licenses give the customer the right to locally install the software and also to use the same software remotely from a network server using Windows Server Remote Desktop Services (or similar technology). No, every user accessing RDS/terminal server would not require a office volume license, if they will only run non-MS apps but yes they will require a Windows Server CAL and a Windows Server RDS CAL, irrespective of the fact whether the accessed app is MS or non MSġ.) It must have a Volume License to have the right to run the SW on a Server Question: does every TS user require a volume license, even if they only run non-MS apps? Microsoft Office retail (full packaged product) and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) products released in 2007 or later do not permit network use. You may not remotely access the Microsoft Office 2013 from a desktop that is licensed for Microsoft Office 2013. Version: Microsoft Office 20 Microsoft Office 2010 are different versions. Likewise, remote access to a licensed copy of Microsoft Office Multi-Language Pack 2013 requires the accessing desktop be licensed for the Office Multi-Language Pack 2013. Language: The English/multilanguage version of the Microsoft Office suite may not be accessed remotely from a desktop, which is licensed for a single language version of the Microsoft Office suite. A desktop licensed for Office Standard 2013 may not remotely access and use Office Professional Plus 2013.Ĭomponents: A license for a suite (e.g., a Microsoft Office suite) for the accessing desktop must have exactly the same components as the copy of the Microsoft Office suite being remotely accessed.

Product (or suite): Microsoft Office Standard 2013 and Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 are different products (or suites). Use of Microsoft desktop applications in a Remote Desktop Services environment requires that the suite/edition, components, language, and version of the license acquired for the desktops from which the desktop application is remotely accessed matches that of the copy of the application being accessed. For example, when a desktop application is accessed remotely across an organization using Windows Server Remote Desktop Services, a separate desktop application license is required for each desktop from which the application is accessed. Per-device licensing means a customer must obtain a license for each desktop on or from which the product is used or accessed.

Microsoft licenses its desktop applications on a per-device basis.

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