Need advice on which licensing to buy

I work in PC tech support by day, and have supported a friend's small business on and off for the last few years.
I am tasked with upgrading an aging Win 2000 server and am thoroughly confused by Microsoft's new terminology for their services and licensing for Windows Server 2012.
Here's what currently exists on site:
2 MS DOS PCs (before you ask - specialty manufacturing equipment)
4 XP PCs (also manufacturing equipment)
4 windows 7 clients
Windows 2000 server which is central repository of programming files for the manufacturing equipment
5-10 users (employees, including myself for maintenance tasks)
What I'm adding:
New Server with windows 2012 server.
5 Thin Clients for Adobe Reader, MS Office applications only.
I understand now that RDS is more or less like Citirx, and not a licensing mechanism that controls RDP sessions, which I initially thought. I need to know the minimum (cheapest) amount of licensing required for the above scenario. I had originally
spec'd out Server 2012 standard with 10 User CALs, but now I'm seeing that if I want to configure the thin clients in a way where all they have is special access then I need RDS CALs as well.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Yeah, you need RDS CAL (User or Device) as per your requirement with standard CAL. A Windows Remote Desktop Services client access license (CAL) is required for each device or user accessing Windows Remote Desktop Services.
But please remember that when you purchase RDS CAL for your user, before that you have RD License Server install and activated and after that only you can install RDS CAL to it. In your scenario you can buy the required number of User CAL and can meet your
needs.
But also see that you have updated version of RDP client on client system. (Win XP to RDP 7.0 and Win 7 to RDP 8.1).
For more information on Licensing, please check below article.
An Introduction to Microsoft Server and Client Licensing
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki

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