Jun 25 2017 04:34 PM
I have a VM deployed on my Azure Portal with MS Windows Server 2016 w/ MS SQL Server 2016 and RDS enabled. We have a software suite that needs MS Office for certain export functions and reports. Is there a (hopefully pay-as-you-go/subscription ....like Office 365) Office license offerred through the Azure portal that can be deployed within this VM? Or, do I need to just purchase the appropriate number of open licenses for Office and install it directly?
We have Office 365 for all of our current users (on the old phyical network); I was hoping I could use the licensing from that for deployment of the terminal users in the RDS.
Please advise.
Thank you,
Patrick Ring
Jun 27 2017 09:25 AM - edited Jun 27 2017 09:26 AM
If you use a CSP (Cloud service Provider), you can ajust your Office licenses on a monthly basis.
How did you purchase you current 365 licenses ? most Microsoft Partners are CSP providers.
Jun 27 2017 11:14 AM
The last answer I got from our licensing partner was that the only Office version that would work on RDS, whether on-premises or in Azure, was 2016 through Software Assurance.
Jun 27 2017 11:28 AM
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