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On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 18:17, Roger Vicker, CCP <rv-tech@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've come across a Server 2003 that has two Dev Cals for TS and one User
Cal. I know, not right!

Sounds strange.

The server is set to use Dev Cals. They have a problem where one of the
Dev Cals got assigned to the wrong PC. That assignment doesn't expire
till late September. If I understand right, in User Cal mode the limit
is not actually enforced (honor system) by the server.

Correct.

They truly only need to use TS for two simultaneous users at a remote
VPN site. Is there any way to release the one assignment early?

Not in Server 2003. In Server 2008 R2, this is possible.

However, this should not be an issue - if a client without a license
connects to the server for the first time, it gets a temporary
license. This temporary license lasts longer then the permanent
licenses (a few days more). So you'll still have a license, albeit a
temporary one. The user won't notice.

However, if one of the two remote PCs already connected to the TS some
time earlier, you're in trouble. In that case, you'll need to buy more
device CALs. Or switch to user licensing, in which case you'll
probably need to buy more user CALs (in Microsoft's licensing speak,
users are people - not accounts).

Or can
they convert the Dev Cals to User Cals somehow?

No.


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