Concurrent use on Project Pro

K

Kani

Hi,

Some of our users would like to use Project Pro 2003 SP2 on their desktop
and laptop.

I performed few quick checks and I dont see any issue.

Has any else had any problem while using concurrent login to Project Server
2003.

Thank you.
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

Kani said:
Some of our users would like to use Project Pro 2003 SP2 on their desktop
and laptop.

I performed few quick checks and I dont see any issue.

Has any else had any problem while using concurrent login to Project Server
2003.

you will not have a problem connecting from both desktop and laptop from a
technical perspective. But you would run afoul of the EULA since the only
way you can have it installed on both machines is with the understanding
that they would not both be used at the same time.
 
S

support

You will also run into problems if you try to take the project plans
"offline" on one machine and you need to check them in from another.
jb.
 
G

Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]

Brian, your're the man when it comes to understanding this stuff, but I
always thought that per-user licensing permitted a desktop/laptop
arrangement as long as the two machines are dedicated to the same user. Are
you a 100% on this?
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

Gary said:
Brian, your're the man when it comes to understanding this stuff, but I
always thought that per-user licensing permitted a desktop/laptop
arrangement as long as the two machines are dedicated to the same user.
Are you a 100% on this?

That is what I was meaning to say, I just said it in a confusing way. the
laptop\desktop installs are not only not to be used at the same time but
they are only to be used by the same person. I was trying to address the
concurrent part of it and trying to say that if Person X was logged into
Project Server via 2003 Pro on the desktop and then also on the laptop
that this would be a violation but that Project Server would not jump up
and tell you it was a violation.
 
K

Kani

Thank you all for your reply.

The intended users will be using either desktop or laptop and added to that
we have much more volume licenses than the actual usage.
 
G

Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]

Well I didn't think Kani was asking whether the same user could use both
copies at the same time as much as whether the same license could be
installed on the two machines at the same time. I really don't think that
most people would want to do this other than for development purposes
because there *is* a stability risk in maintaining multiple sessions under
the same logon at the same time. With that said, I don't see the text in the
EULA that prohibits it. So when you say,
---
you will not have a problem connecting from both desktop and laptop from a
technical perspective. But you would run afoul of the EULA since the only
way you can have it installed on both machines is with the understanding
that they would not both be used at the same time.
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Are you basing it on the following EULA statement?

Except in the case of remote assistance, only one user
at a time may use these copies.

My read is that one person, the user of the designated machines, can use
these "copies," stated as plural. It doesn't say that "only one user at a
time may use one of these copies at a time."

Brian, where does this interpretation come from? It sure seems to me that
the EULA language should be more specific if "single user using one or the
other of two copies" is the licensure intent.<g>
 
B

Brian K - Project MVP

Gary said:
Well I didn't think Kani was asking whether the same user could use both
copies at the same time as much as whether the same license could be
installed on the two machines at the same time. I really don't think that
most people would want to do this other than for development purposes
because there is a stability risk in maintaining multiple sessions under
the same logon at the same time. With that said, I don't see the text in
the EULA that prohibits it. So when you say,

I took it from his use of the word concurrent. I may well have been
mistaken.


Brian, where does this interpretation come from? It sure seems to me that
the EULA language should be more specific if "single user using one or the
other of two copies" is the licensure intent.<g>

From conversations with MS employees, who in turn could have been
mistaken. :)
 
G

Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]

It's easy to see it either way on either subject; that's why the legal
profession continues to thrive.<g>
 
P

PWA Administrator

The answer is: A single user can have Project Professional installed on both
his laptop and desktop machine, using just this single license. The licensing
agreement merely requires that the laptop must ONLY be assigned and USED by
the same unique individual that owns the Desktop.


--
Assist. Data Ctr Director
DEP/ Florida


Gary L. Chefetz said:
It's easy to see it either way on either subject; that's why the legal
profession continues to thrive.<g>
 

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