When it comes to Remote Desktop licensing (formerly Terminal Services licensing), there is always a question about the optimal licensing model. But what if you could have a report that will ease the decision and allow you to make a better one based on real usage of your Remote Desktop / Terminal Services farm.
Remote Desktop Services come with a 120 day grace/trial period that will give you enough time to test the optimal licensing strategy. Our product, Terminal Services Log, will gather the necessary data and make your decision much easier. You will find out which licensing model is the best for your scenario and how many licenses you need!
In the above given screenshot, on a trial Remote Desktop Services farm we tracked both per Device and per User licenses. The report shows the number of used licenses for each license type.
The report clearly indicates that this farm is accessed by more devices than users (a user is using more than one device e.g. laptop, desktop, mobile phone). In this scenario it is logical to purchase per User licenses for this farm. You only need 574 User licenses, compared to 773 Device licenses. Even if you purchase +10% more licenses you will still be saving more then 20 000$ on licenses you do not need!
To download Terminal Services Log immediately please use this link.
