Configuring RDS to specific NIC Adapter + Avoid Office 2013 Volume Licensing

Background: Small Company basically 1 User (me)... I've recently purchased a new server class computer and have downloaded and installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I have 2 routers, 1 for home use (192.168..) and other provided to me by the
company I contract to (10.41..). I have a 4 port independent NIC card. I connect to a company configured VM through a Remote Desktop Connection. I also need to run Lync 2013 on the Windows Server 2012 machine in order to communicate internally
with other members of the company.
My Understanding: In order to configure the remote desktop connection to my VM to use a specific NIC adapter I must first install the Remote desktop Session Host service. Then I should be able to configure the RDP-TCP connection to use a specific NIC
adapter. However, when I install the Remote desktop Session Host Service and I try and run Lync 2013 I receive an message stating that because I'm running Remote Desktop Services on this server I need to purchase volume licensing for my Office 2013 product.
Question: Is there a way for me to configure my Windows Server 2012 R2 environment so that I can first specify a specific NIC adapter to use during my RDP session into my VM and also allow me not to have to purchase volume licensing for the Office 2013 product.
-=Duane=-

Hi Duane,
As per my research, if you have RDS license and CAL installed still you need to purchase Office licensing to use office product. Office Professional Plus 2013 and Office Standard 2013 are licensed on a per-device basis. Users can only remotely access a copy
of Office Professional Plus 2013 or Office Standard 2013 running on a network server from a licensed device. Therefore, your windows need the latest Office suite license assigned to the device.
For more information.
1. Licensing Office on Remote Desktop Services
2. Microsoft Office
For Network Adapter, you can try PowerShell Command and rename your NIC specific to RDS so that you can identify that specific NIC is used by RDS for connection. For that you can do following things.
List of Network Adapter: Get-NetAdapter
Rename Network Adapter: Rename-NetAdapter -Name "Wired Ethernet Connection 4" PublicInternet1
Please find below snap and link for more information.
1. Using PowerShell for NIC Configuration Tasks
2. Use PowerShell to Configure the NIC on Windows Server 2012
Hope it helps!
Thanks.

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Choosing Office 2013 volume licensing plan ... or going retail ... or subscription ... or hunting for 2010 ... what a headache ...

Our company currently runs an office software equivalent comparable to Office 2003 level. I was researching options (licensing!) for stepping up our office to real Microsoft Office product ... and got stuck with that idea ... totally confused at this point.
Am I missing something or the cheapest SMB volume licensing option for MS Office 2013 (Standard, no Access component) is like twice as expensive as the retail equivalent? Why is that so? It makes no sense to me at all.
I can find retail box of Office 2013 Home and Business for around $190 while the cheapest Open License for similar equivalent seems to be priced at $369 (what!?) ... and that is even without Software Assurance?
Makes it kinda hard to convince management about benefits of VL program over retail ... especially since we are not a Volume Licensed customer (yet) and this purchase *might* make it worth becoming one (does it?).
On top of that I can't even make decision if we should really go with Office 2013 after reading about live/online account requirement for activation, and here a question how does it work in volume licensing version? I assume it will be a great pain with
installs from retail media and activation, but VL should have some tools or workarounds for that, no? I read that Office 2010 didn't have such problems and am sad I didn't push towards it when it was still available on retail market.
Maybe we should go with 2013 subscription for first year and see how that works for us ...
One thing for sure, I've been digging around this subject for weeks and my headache doesn't want to go away.
Open to suggestions.

anybody, any insights?
Pls, also note that I run a one person IT department for this company, so all the dirty work (installs) will be done by me, hence my question. I can do deployments via GPO, but would like to know about activation gotchas (MS live accounts) for Office 2013,
is that true for retail licenses?
As per Volume Licensing, am I looking right and cheapest 1 computer Office 2013 open license stands for like $369? why is i so expensive in volume licensing plans? I doubt our management approves it this way ... which probably means retail licensing for
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Office 2013 Volume License Activation question

Hello,
we have software assurance, so MAK and KMS are available for O2013.
I cannot use KMS server (there are reasons for now). So I have to use MAK. I know that it is possible later on to convert MAK to KMS.
I found topic about ADBA. But missing few points from the description after my 2 questions.
1. Can I use KMS key for use with Volume Activation Tool without actually having KMS installed?
2. at the end it says just 180 days activation. What will happen then?
From:
http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/tip/Using-Active-Directory-activation-and-other-new-Office-2013-tools
-------Prior to Office 2013, IT had to rely on Multiple Activation Key (MAK) or Key Management Service (KMS) activation. These processes were generally more complex than ADBA. Little has changed with either MAK or KMS in Office 2013. With ADBA, however,
IT can easily
activate Office 2013 clients through their connections to the domain.
To implement ADBA, administrators must use the Volume Activation Tools utility, which walks them through the setup process. After admins supply the KMS host key, the setup process adds an activation object to the
Active Directory Domain Services. The activation object uses the same Generic Volume Licenses Key (GVLK) and KMS host pair as that for regular KMS activation. When the client joins the domain, the activation object automatically activates the Office installation,
granting a license to the client for 180 days. --------------
--- When you hit a wrong note its the next note that makes it good or bad. --- Miles Davis

Hello,
we have software assurance, so MAK and KMS are available for O2013.
I cannot use KMS server (there are reasons for now). So I have to use MAK. I know that it is possible later on to convert MAK to KMS.
I found topic about ADBA. But missing few points from the description after my 2 questions.
1. Can I use KMS key for use with Volume Activation Tool without actually having KMS installed?
2. at the end it says just 180 days activation. What will happen then?
From:
http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/tip/Using-Active-Directory-activation-and-other-new-Office-2013-tools
-------Prior to Office 2013, IT had to rely on Multiple Activation Key (MAK) or Key Management Service (KMS) activation. These processes were generally more complex than ADBA. Little has changed with either MAK or KMS in Office 2013. With ADBA, however,
IT can easily
activate Office 2013 clients through their connections to the domain.
To implement ADBA, administrators must use the Volume Activation Tools utility, which walks them through the setup process. After admins supply the KMS host key, the setup process adds an activation object to the
Active Directory Domain Services. The activation object uses the same Generic Volume Licenses Key (GVLK) and KMS host pair as that for regular KMS activation. When the client joins the domain, the activation object automatically activates the Office installation,
granting a license to the client for 180 days. --------------
--- When you hit a wrong note its the next note that makes it good or bad. --- Miles Davis
Q1) there is a KMShost product key, and there is a KMSclient product key.
The KMShost product key, you install this in your KMShost machine, and the client machines which have the KMSclient product key will contact your KMShost machine for activation.
Volume Licensed products are provided by MSFT with the KMSclient product key already installed. The KMSclient product keys are also publically available in the TechNet library documentation.
VAMT can be used, with or without KMS installed. VAMT is not part of KMS, and, KMS is not part of VAMT.
ADBA is not part of VAMT and VAMT is not part of ADBA.
ADBA can only be used if your AD is at the later version, and, ADBA only works for the latest products like Windows8 and Office2013.
If you have older AD or older products you will still need to have KMS or MAK.
Q2) after 180days, it's the same as KMS - the KMSclient (or ADBA client) will enter "non-genuine" mode if the client has not contacted ADBA object (or KMShost) to renew the activation status.
This wiki article I put together, includes a few helpful links about ADBA and KMS:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/22510.volume-activation-kms-mak-adba-avma.aspx
Don
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Office 2013 Volume licensing Activation using VAMT

Can we activate office 2013 pro plus volume license edition using VAMT 2.0

I found a confirmation on this link:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_resource_kit/archive/2013/01/30/volume-activation-of-office-2013-frequently-asked-questions.aspx
Why would I want to use Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 3.0 rather than VAMT 2.0?
In addition to KMS and MAK activation, which VAMT 2.0 supports, VAMT 3.0 supports Active Directory-Based activation. For general information about VAMT, see
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The quickest way to confirm if VAMT2 is suitable for Office2013 is to test it.
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I've asked a MSFT contact this question, it may take a few days to get an answer. (and, the answer might be "it's not supported"..)
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Office 2010 Volume License Activation

I am asking this here because it pertains to server 2012 R2 standard. We are education and have volume keys for office 2010, both kms and mak. So we don't have to go to each and every pc and enter the mak key, we want to use the kms key. I installed
the volume management role of the server. However, when walking through the configuration, it assumes you are using a kms key for server. We have a mak key for the server and want to activate office 2010 using kms key that was provided when we bought
the application.
Here is the error we get when opening office 2012:
This copy of Microsoft Office is designed for corporate or institutional customers.
Connect your computer to your corporate network to complete activation. Your system administrator can help. Problem is, I took over this computer when my brother died in Deceember of 2011. He did not work for a corporation but may have had his own small business. Help - how can I activate but not Professional Plus. And unfortunately, I have absolutely no paperwork. The girlfriend took the box that had all important papers.
I also tried the VAMT, this results in cannot connect to WMI service. How can we activate office 2010 with our kms key on our 2010 server?

Hi Forgiven,
If you want to activate office with the KMS method, first we need to
setup Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host on Windows Server 2012 R2.
To install Office KMS Host License Pack on Windows Server, then enter KMS host key.
However, to install Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack on Windows Server 2012R2, a similar discussion is for your reference:
Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License Pack on Windows Server 2012R2:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dcf846ef-cab4-432a-a473-c34af3597c08/microsoft-office-2010-kms-host-license-pack-on-windows-server-2012r2?forum=officeitproprevious
To activate office with KMS, please follow this article:
Plan KMS activation of Office 2010:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff603508(v=office.14).aspx
In addition, for the activation of office, I also recommend you can post in office forum for more effective support:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=officesetupdeployprevious
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Office 2013/ 365 on 2012R2 server

Hi,
I'm looking at installing Office 2013 (Volume License version) on a couple of 2012R2 RDS boxes. I'm using the Office Deployment Toolkit.
Can someone please advise if in the Outlook Profile section, we have to enter the Office 365 server name? If so, what is it? We entered the one obtained from a desktop install of Office 365 but that didn't work.
Additionally, has anyone seen any issues with running this in cached mode (given that the office 365 server is in the cloud)? I'd like to store the outlook profile in a centralized location so as to reduce the footprint on the RDS boxes and to avoid having
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Hi HA,
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Cached Exchange Mode is supported in a RDS environment. However, in this mode, Outlook stores a local copy of each Exchange mailbox and address book on disk for each client access, which will cost additional storage space and disk I/O for multiple client
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How do I activate Office 2013 that I have deployed using ODT and App-V onto a Remote Desktop Server?

I am setting up a demo Server 2012 R2 environment (1 DC server, 2 RDSH servers, 1 App-V server).
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True, VL channel media can't be activated with MSDN Retail pkeys (that's what I was trying to get you to understand, I figured you would be attempting that, as so many people do :(
I've not attempted your scenario myself.
It sounds like you aren't following the supported scenarios as (poorly) described by MS;
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2772509
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2915745
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the form of an ODT-generated output) with a VL pkey. So, for your RDS demo setup, you need to use real product and real pkeys.
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Hi,
As far as I know, currently we can't bypass the grace period of the 30-day trial, since the license information is read-only to users.
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Hi,
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Office 2013 OEM and Office Home & Business 2013 registration

Hi to all,
in our company we brought some Office 2013 OEM licenses and 1 Home and Business 2013. The problem is that i have registered the OEMs with my personal Microsoft account and now i need to register the Home and Business and i want to avoid to register it with
this. Then, my questions are:
1. What is the procedure to register a Microsoft company account.
2. Is there the possibility to move OEM license from my personal account to a the company account ?
Thank you.

Hi,
I noticed that the questions were about licensing rather than Office client issues, please understand we discuss questions and feedbacks about Office client in this forum, we are not familiar with the procedure/migration you mentioned.
To help you get the best resource upon this topic, I suggest you contact your local customer service to get more appropriate assistance:
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/customer-service-phone-numbers/en-us
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SCCM 2012: Office 2013 click to run deploy?

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We would like to run Office 2013 next to Office 2010. Therefore the click-to-run option (app-v is only possible for Office 2013 ProPlus) looks the way to go.
I found a nice guide a Office 2013 Plus “Click to run” Deploy in SCCM:
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J
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high everybody,
i´m looking for guide how to configure the Windows Search Service on our Server 2012 RDS Servers. The Servers have Office 2013 installed so turning off the Search Service is not an Option. We are using User Profile disks and logoff was getting slower
as time goes by. Reading in another thread if have deleted the Subkeys under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Search\CrawlScopeManager\Windows\SystemIndex\DefaultRules
and restarted the Search Service.
This Resulted in a lighning fast logoff ( less then 5 Seconds) before that logoff took up to 2 Minutes. Looking at the Reg Key´s i found that underneth the mentioned Key there was a subkey for each user that has EVER loged on to this Server. Normal load
should be about 30 Users and i found about 700 subkey´s. To it seems that this causes the Search Service searchindexer.exe to read thru all this key´s witch i think is not the Problem ( Internet Explorer does far more reads and writes) but what happens
with the Information.
Maybe it has to to with the fact, that we are using User Profile Disks ?
In the Search Service Policy i have excluded "C:","users homedrive" and the Share where the Users share theyr data, for the Search Service to exclude.
So does anybode have experience with Seach Service on RDS Servers with Office maybe with User Profile Disks ?
Thanks Reiner

Hi Reiner,
You can check the following article might helpful to resolve your case.
Incomplete search results may occur in Outlook when a PDF iFilter is installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2925203/en-us
Also try uninstalling office 2013 application and then reinstall by running change user /install command in elevated command prompt on RDS server prior to install software's. Post software installation you need to run
change user /execute command on server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742815.aspx
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
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Office 365, Office 2013 and IaaS

Hello all,
I am planning to use a RDS environment built on AWS with Office 2013 pro plus deployed in it. Office 2013 pro plus would be licensed with a Volume License from a SPLA.
I would like to know if I can subscribe to Office 365 business essentials and then use this Office 365 account from the RDS environment and especially by interconnecting Office 2013 pro plus to it. Would that be MS compliant?
Thank you very much for your help.
Best Regards.

Hi,
You cannot use Office 365 Business Essentials license to connect to Office 365 ProPlus via a Remote Desktop Connection. This is because Office 365 ProPlus does not come with Office 365 Business Essentials.
To use Office 2013 via RDS connection, each user should be assigned with a license for Office 365 ProPlus, Office 365 ProPlus will then contact the Office Licensing Service on the Internet to obtain a licensing token for the user who uses Office 365
ProPlus on the computer and then activate Office 365 ProPlus.
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