Jennifer Gross
jengross at gte.net
Fri Jan 16 22:40:00 CST 2009
Hi Jim, One of my clients uses Access on Terminal Server. I don't know about the licensing with Office, but if you are running Windows Server 2000 you have unlimited Terminal Server licenses. One thing about running an Access FE/BE on Terminal Server is that you need to devise a way for each user to have their own FE - don't want everyone opening the same FE file at once. I use a directory off the root that has sub-directories for each user, named the same as their username. On each user's desktop I have a shortcut that incorporates %username%. Okay two things - I have also found that having the BE reside on TS is the best way to go. When we had the BE on another 'data server' it was more prone to corruption. Access does not contribute a lot to the load on TS, but any heavy graphic applications will. Once we got the BE onto TS a few years ago we have been running very smoothly ever since. Updates are a snap because I can log into a TS session remotely once I transfer my files. I do have a FE updater built in, but if I do need to do a manual update it is a piece of cake. With 35 concurrent users that's nice. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:47 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; accessd at databaseadvisors.com; dba-ot at databaseadvisors.com; dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Microsoft Office through TermServer or Citrix server Hi All: Sorry for the general broadcast but... Would anyone have recommendations managing MS Office through client services (TermServer, Citrix server or SharePoint etc)? How does the licensing work? Is there a better way to deploy Office? Costs, licensing or additional concerns? TIA Jim -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com