Hi,
(I apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes, but im confident in the fact that the text is understandable. If not, please let me know. I have used UK English for spelling.)
I did some research and read the following:
(unable to post links, my email needs to be 'verified')
And some MS pages regarding the CALs for Windows 2008 R2 (don't ask why).
This is basically what i want to do:
OS: Windows 2012 R2, possibly 2x because of the RDS role.
Roles Server1: Active Directory and Exchange 2013
Roles Server2: File server and RDS
Users: 20
PC’s: Approx. 15. Not sure about the exact numbers, but i am sure that there are more users than client pc’s.
Users RDP: Starting with 10 but eventually every user will be using RDP, so it might be also 20. The 10 we start with will not have the ability of logging into a client PC but RDP only.
MS Software: Outlook 2010 or 2013, depends on the support by MS.
We are going to start with an AD with a home folder, roaming profiles and an email account. If everything go’s whell, we plan to start letting users connect tot heir workspace via RDP.
I came to the following conclusion and need your input on this:
- 20 User CALs, As far as i know, I need 1 user cal for an AD account and a RDP cal forone RDP account. Without a User CAL, i cant issue a RDP user cal, is this correct?
- 20 RDP User CALs, does this mean that all my users can log into a RDS session via any client, even their own private pc?
- No Device calls, redundant?
- 20 Exchange CALs, I am not sure about this one, the second link i found only mentions acces via web and mobile. I would also like to know if the Exchange CAL is per user or email. If it’s per user, then wat do i do with an email that is meant for multiple users?
- 2 Server CALs, This is just buying 2012R2 isnt it? Does this also allow me to use one physically and the other as a VM in the physical one? Just asking, im not really going to use a VM.
Hope you guys can help me out on this one, i didn’t expect the CALs would bet his complicated.