Microsoft Terminal Server Licensing

DFC1975

Hi folks,

I have a simple question which I presume doesn't have a simple answer.
I have an office with about 20 employees and we have upgraded our terminal server (Win sbs 2003) to a sbs 2011 server. It was only ever used before for some admin staff to connect using remote desktop to the sage accounts package.
Now we would like to use the new TS (2011) server as a MS Office server also.

I have contacted Microsoft and they said I need to purchase Office 2013 Sngl OPEN 1 License No Level @ about €336 ex vat.
Now I know that I need to also purchase 20 x Remote desktop licenses but what I'm not sure about is the Office licenses.
Do I need to purchase the above Office 2013 Sngl OPEN 1 License No Level @ about €336 ex vat for all 20 users? That would seem a bit expensive so I presume there is another option.
Can anyone shed some light please?

Den

ressem

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/7/7/17745e4a-5d31-4de4-a416-07c646336d94/desktop_application_with_windows_server_terminal_services.docx

Simple enough answer, but not a cheap one.

You are expected to have one Office licensed through a volume license for each device that will use RDP to run Office. It is licensed on a per device, not a per user mode.
An office license for the server itself is not required.

DFC1975

Thanks Reseem, I'll plough on and get through the document. Appreciate the steer!

Cheers,
Den