[NTLUG:Discuss] Virtual Desktop Access.... Ballmer has my wallet... can I have it back?

[Chris Cox]

(I deleted my rant...)

Here's the salient data..


Thin Client Devices Still Need Licensing
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Certain devices, such as thin clients, are not eligible for Software Assurance 
and therefore will not have Windows Virtual Desktop Access Rights. You can 
license such devices with a Windows VDA subscription license.




In a nutshell, having a CAL DOES NOT allow you to remote desktop into your 
machine.  And while this masquerades as a "Virtual Desktop Access" issue, it's 
clear that if your RDP from any NON WINDOWS OS (iphone, android, Linux, 
thinclient appliance, etc).  YOU MUST have a VDA for EACH AND EVERY client that 
might do an RDP.  So if you RDP using your iPhone, it needs a VDA.. if you RDP 
from Linux, you need a VDA.

VDA licenses, unlike CALs are ANNUAL RENEWABLES.  The cost per device I'm pretty 
sure is more than a normal single CAL... could be upwards of $100 per end client 
device.

Anybody still want to use a Microsoft OS after this?  This lover is a cheat, a 
thief and a liar... it's not too late to break off the engagement.  Of course, 
now you're going to want to deal out a parting shot when you break it off... and 
I don't blame you a bit.