Terminal Services Log

In Terminal Services Log v.2.5 we released a new feature that allows you to monitor application licenses per device. One of the most popular applications being licensed per device for Terminal Services is Microsoft Office. (Learn more about Office licensing on TS). So let’s see how to configure this…

The first thing you need to do is to configure a new license type.

1. Go to File > Preferences
2. Switch to Licenses tab
3. In the Application Name column select application you want to monitor (e.g. Microsoft Office Word)
4. In the License Type column choose Device License
5. Enter the Number of licenses you have

Add other Microsoft Office Applications if you want to monitor these. Let’s say I have 5 licenses of Office Standard. Standard includes Word, Excel and Outlook but it does not include Access, so I have added 5 licenses for Word, Excel and Outlook and 0 licenses for Access.

How license compliance works for per device licenses? Our application will calculate the number of unique devices that were used to run these applications in a given time period and selected server…

Finally, let’s check if I am license compliant for Microsoft Office…

Okey, looks good… my users are only using applications we have licensed. (They cannot even use Access since it is not installed.)

Let’s consider another situation. Let’s say I purchased Office Professional licenses, and I do have 5 Access licenses at hand. The report would then look like this:

So as you see, my users are not using Access, and we are over licensed for Access. Next time I might want to reconsider the optimal Microsoft Office suite for my needs.

Conclusion

Our license compliance reports help you to determine the ideal number of licenses you need to purchase for your users on a Terminal Services / Citrix server. If you are over licensed, we help you save the money when renewing licenses for business applications, and when you are under licensed… well we are also saving money for you, as might need to purchase some licenses to resolve the problem before you are fined.

Our application allows you to monitor Per User / Per Devices licenses and we will be adding more types in future versions of our application. For more details about licensing of your business application you should check with your vendor.