Sharepoint Development - Terminal server

Question

Hello,

We want to use a terminal server for Sharepoint Development and seek guidance if the following scenario would work:

Terminal Server with Windows Server 2008 R2 with a a Sharepoint Server install

Running multiple instance of Visual Studio through RDP and developing for Sharepoint on the local server.

Would this work flawlessly?

Which licenses do we need?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you have a choice, go for windows server 2012, in my experience it makes sharepoint dev noticeably faster. The scenario that would work is this: every dev has access to its own sharepoint virtual machine and develop on this machine. Running multiple instances of vs against a single sharepoint virtual machine doesn't. If you use the sharepoint server object model, you can't run it locally, but have to run it on the sharepoint virtual machine, and also, lots of sharepoint dev actions cause iis resets on the sharepoint virtual machine which makes it very frustrating/impossible to work with multiple devs on the same sharepoint machine.

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Kind regards,
Margriet Bruggeman

Lois & Clark IT Services
web site: http://www.loisandclark.eu
blog: http://www.sharepointdragons.com

Answer 2

You'd need to talk to Microsoft directly on licensing.

I'd start here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-licensing-overview-collaboration-software-FX103789438.aspx

Karl

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