NComputing L300 - Windows Configuration Notes; Client Access License (Cal) Installation

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Windows!Configuration!Notes!
The!following!are!some!initial!Windows!configuration!notes!to!be!aware!of.!
• H9!9,**/&N3T!The!Windows!Power!Options!setting!should!be!configured!to!“High!Performance”!
(under!Con trol!Pa ne l!>!H a rdw a re!>!Po w er!o ptio ns).!Microsoft’s!default!power!settings!give!a!
false!impress ion !that!vS pace!Server!CPU!utilization!is!much!higher!than!on!previous!32-bit!
operating!systems.!!
• _/&'573!?!2,34*56!E+,B,T!If!you!install!t h e !Window s !S er ve r!2 0 0 8 !R 2 !“Desktop !E xperience”!
feature,!start!the!“Th e m es ”!syste m !se rvice !and !set!it!to!au tos tart,!the n!ea ch !indiv idu al!can !
“personalize”!their!virtual!desktop!to!use!a!Windows!7-!them ed!inte rfac e.!Ho w ev er,!rem ote !
sessions!do!not!support!the!Aero!“wind ow !transparen cy”!feature!for!overlap pin g!w ind o w s.!
Client!Access!License!(CAL)!Installation!
For!multi-user!applications,!in!addition!to!installing!and!activating!the!Windows!Server!operating!system!
license!o n !th e!h o s t!s ys te m ,!y o u !ne e d !to !a cq u ire !two!types!o f!c lie nt !a cc es s!lic e ns e s.!First,!standard!
Windows!Server!CALs!for!each!user!or!device!are!needed.!Second,!you!will!also!need!to!install!Remote!
Desktop!Services!CALs!(RDS-CALs)!when!running!on!Windows!Server!or!Windows!MultiPoint!Server!CALs!
(WMS -CALs)!when!running!on!Windows!MultiPoint!Server!for!each!user!or!device!accessing!the!system.!
For!Windows!Server!operating!systems,!you!will!need!to!first!add!the!Remote!Desktop!Licensing!Server!
role!(provided !with !the!o pe ratin g!syste m )!to!at!lea st!one!host!in!your!environment.!
After!you!install!the!licensing!server!on!a!particular!host,!you!will!use!the!Remote!Desktop!Licensing!
Manager!application!to!activate!the!server!and!add!RDS!CALs.!Other!hosts!in!your!environment!can!then!
point!to!this!license!server.!For!Windows!MultiPoint!Server,!the!licensing!server!component!is!pre-
installed!a n d !yo u !c an !s imply!use!th e !MultiPoin t!Manager !ap p lic at io n!t o !en t er!in !y o u r!WMS!CA L s!( ins te a d !
of!using!the!Remote!Desktop!Licensing!Manager!which!does!not!accept!WMS!CALs).!For!further!details!
on!setting!up!the!license!server!and !in s ta llin g!C A L s,!p le a se !re fe r!to !yo u r!r es p ec tiv e!o p e ra tin g !sy st em!
documentation.!
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For!more!information!on!Windows!licensing!requirements,!please!visit:!
www.ncomputing.com/mslicensing!
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