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TSplus as an alternative to RDS without paying RDS license fees to microsoft
It is certainly illegal, I don't understand why there's even a question about it.
The EULA clearly states that any software that uses more than 2 simultaneous "sessions" must pay for RDS licenses. A session is a unique memory space for each user, its a "kernel user space", technically known as a "winstation" and is a core component of Terminal Server. It's impossible to open simultaneous sessions without using different winstations and this is a base component of Terminal Server/Remote Desktop. No matter how you hack it to avoid licensing, it doesn't make it "legal" and that's what TSPLUS does.
Simply to prove, If you install TSPLUS on a Windows server and connect 10 sessions with the Terminal Server client using just "RDP" and some users, Windows will now allow it, because TSPLUS modifies Terminal Server behavior, brazenly violating the limitations set by Microsoft. This is TOTALLY illegal and so disrespectful that simply using MSTSC (Terminal Server client) you can connect to TSPLUS.
If there's still doubt, simply stopping the "Terminal Server" / "Remote Desktop" service, and "there's no TSPLUS" anymore... the deception and modification that the TSPLUS company does to the operating system is undeniable, violating Microsoft's rules and "changing the behavior" using reverse engineering techniques.
There's a "free" and "open sourced" software that does the same thing, it's called "RDP WRAPPER", you don't have to pay TSPLUS to violate the OS and break the EULA, you can do it for free.
Microsoft pays more attention to companies that violate EULA and use TSPLUS than to what TSPLUS does to OS, so BE VERY CAREFUL and know that if you use TSPLUS you're using illegal software. "prove me wrong" !
I've attached some images that prove what I'm saying in a TSPLUS laboratory setting.
Do the test yourself and you will see....
Best.
TSPlus works on the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) protocol itself, and this, by itself, already requires having RDS CALs.
Even if the client disables all RDS services completely on the server, TSPlus reactivates them during the installation and modifies registry keys to allow unlimited access, thus bypassing Microsoft's restrictions.
Microsoft uses two criteria to determine the need for RDS CALs:
1 - If your product displays the server's desktop. 2 - If your product works on top of RDP.
On the other hand, GO-Global is the only solution in the market that works with its own dedicated protocol called RXP.
Regarding the protocol used by TSPlus, it is the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). It seems that the TSPlus support stopped responding because they might not want to acknowledge this fact or address the issue of bypassing Microsoft's restrictions.
I'll make a video proving that TSPlus operates illegally and will post the link here, showing all the registry keys and how TSPlus functions with RDS/RDP completely deactivated.Do you work at GoGlobal? hahahahaMarcosRamazilio
can you send us the Microsoft link referring to this image that you sent us here in the forum?
Thanks.
- Microsoft won't address competing solutions, obviously
- Thanks for the detailed response, doesn't seem like it's a supported solution like this and not good when audited. In that case, I wouldn't recommend this then
