Remote Desktop Services - Licensing adjustments

Sophos recently made a change to its licensing model that affects the licensing of Remote Desktop Services or Terminal Services.

The Sophos Central licensing model is not always entirely straightforward. To better understand this, we have already written a corresponding Knowledge Base article for you.

Previous situation

Previously, Sophos required that for a correct licensing of a user logging into a Remote Desktop Server, an Endpoint license also had to be paid for. This meant that on the one hand, a license for the server was needed, and on the other hand, Endpoint Protection licenses for the users. In environments where clients were to be protected with Sophos Endpoint anyway, this was justified and perfectly understandable.

However, for environments where so-called thin clients were used, this was less understandable. Because even though no antivirus software could be installed on a thin client, users had to be equipped with Endpoint licenses in addition to the server.

What has changed

Sophos has now cleared up this dilemma, and from now on, in such environments, it is sufficient if only the terminal servers are equipped with the corresponding server licenses.

This adjustment to the licensing model can lead to significant cost reductions for some customers. 🎉