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Why aren Windows 2000 Professional desktops included in the transition plan to receive complimentary TS CALs?

April 26, 2017Complimentary desktops included Plan professional TS Windows

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Why aren Windows 2000 Professional desktops included in the transition plan to receive complimentary TS CALs?

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A. Under the old licensing model with desktop operating system equivalency, only operating systems with the same version number (or later version number) of the corresponding version of server operating system qualified to be the equivalent of a TS CAL—for example, a Windows NT 4.0 workstation connecting to a Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server, or a Windows 2000 Professional desktop connecting to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server. Even if desktop equivalency had not been removed for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Professional desktops would still have to have had a Windows Server 2003 TS CAL to connect to a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server, and as such, the transition plan focuses on Windows XP Professional licensees.