How to license OfficeXP to be shared on Server?

[Sunshine2]

How to configure so that 15 wrkstations "share" 3 OfficeXP Suites from my Win2000 Server? I have 20 workstations w/ Office97 individually installed, some stations rarely use it, I would like to save $ as I upgrade to OfficeXP. I'm confused about requirements/roles of "terminal server", "Office is licensed on a per-devise basis". . . . Thanks for advice or pointers to info!!

 

[kjseever]

This is how we did it. I'm not sure if it is the correct way or not. We install Office 97 on each machine and then remove the executables (ie: word.exe, excel.exe, ...). We then have a share on the network with those files in it. We restrict the number of concurrent users in that share to the number of licenses we have.

Hope this helps,

Kenny

 

[Sunshine2]

Thanks, Kenny, for your input. I finally got through to Microsoft yesterday, two different reps confirmed that Office is licensed ONLY "per seat", aka "per-devise", NOT concurrent share. Although we could wiggle around this quite nicely in Office 97, the new XP software forcefully allows only one install (a real bummer, you have to call MS if you want need to reinstall because of new computer, crashed harddrive, etc.), so no wiggle room there. Not sure that I want to go the ASP route, I think that's the only other option, so we'll probably eventually cough up the $ for the 20 upgrades. Such is life is MS country.