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From: Rob S on 16 Jul 2008 06:19
Can you do it? My experience is that 2008 retail CALs won't work on a 2003
terminal server, despite several people stating that it will.

Can anyone shed some light on this (I get "license code not recognized" trying
to enter a valid CAL)

thanks

-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com
From: Hank Arnold (MVP) on 16 Jul 2008 06:45
Rob S wrote:
> Can you do it? My experience is that 2008 retail CALs won't work on a 2003
> terminal server, despite several people stating that it will.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this (I get "license code not recognized" trying
> to enter a valid CAL)
>
> thanks
>
> -Rob
> robatwork at mail dot com

You can "downgrade" the CALs to work on a 2003 TS server. You won't,
AFAIK, be able to reverse it later, though....

--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
From: Vera Noest [MVP] on 16 Jul 2008 09:12
"Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon(a)aol.com> wrote on 16 jul 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Rob S wrote:
>> Can you do it? My experience is that 2008 retail CALs won't
>> work on a 2003 terminal server, despite several people stating
>> that it will.
>>
>> Can anyone shed some light on this (I get "license code not
>> recognized" trying to enter a valid CAL)
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> -Rob
>> robatwork at mail dot com
>
> You can "downgrade" the CALs to work on a 2003 TS server. You
> won't, AFAIK, be able to reverse it later, though....

It's certainly allowed, as documented here:

Windows Server 2008 Downgrade Rights
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/downgrade-
rights.aspx

The best thing you can do is to use the "telephone method" when you
install the TS CALs on the Licensing Server, i.e. phone the
Clearinghouse.
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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From: Hank Arnold (MVP) on 20 Jul 2008 06:29
Vera Noest [MVP] wrote:
> "Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon(a)aol.com> wrote on 16 jul 2008 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
>> Rob S wrote:
>>> Can you do it? My experience is that 2008 retail CALs won't
>>> work on a 2003 terminal server, despite several people stating
>>> that it will.
>>>
>>> Can anyone shed some light on this (I get "license code not
>>> recognized" trying to enter a valid CAL)
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>> robatwork at mail dot com
>> You can "downgrade" the CALs to work on a 2003 TS server. You
>> won't, AFAIK, be able to reverse it later, though....
>
> It's certainly allowed, as documented here:
>
> Windows Server 2008 Downgrade Rights
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/downgrade-
> rights.aspx
>
> The best thing you can do is to use the "telephone method" when you
> install the TS CALs on the Licensing Server, i.e. phone the
> Clearinghouse.
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

I'm a bit confused. Am I right about not being able to upgrade later?--

Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
From: Vera Noest [MVP] on 20 Jul 2008 10:43
"Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon(a)aol.com> wrote on 20 jul 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Vera Noest [MVP] wrote:
>> "Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon(a)aol.com> wrote on 16 jul 2008 in
>> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>>
>>> Rob S wrote:
>>>> Can you do it? My experience is that 2008 retail CALs won't
>>>> work on a 2003 terminal server, despite several people
>>>> stating that it will.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone shed some light on this (I get "license code not
>>>> recognized" trying to enter a valid CAL)
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>> -Rob
>>>> robatwork at mail dot com
>>> You can "downgrade" the CALs to work on a 2003 TS server. You
>>> won't, AFAIK, be able to reverse it later, though....
>>
>> It's certainly allowed, as documented here:
>>
>> Windows Server 2008 Downgrade Rights
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/downgrade-
>> rights.aspx
>>
>> The best thing you can do is to use the "telephone method" when
>> you install the TS CALs on the Licensing Server, i.e. phone the
>> Clearinghouse.
>> _________________________________________________________
>> Vera Noest
>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> I'm a bit confused. Am I right about not being able to upgrade
> later?--
>
> Regards,
> Hank Arnold
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Server - Directory Services

No, you can later upgrade your servers to 2008 and your 2008 TS
CALs will be valid. But for the 2003 TS CALs (used on a W2K
server), there was no automatic upgrade. It means that you have to
phone the Clearinghouse when you upgrade to get a new license pack.
_________________________________________________________
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
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