I am distributing software in the form of a Windows service that can be installed, and am currently trying to ascertain the specifications for supported operating systems.
The service communicates with a number of clients (using our client software) on a TCP connection. Each client also has an open remote SQL connection to an SQL server running on the same PC as the service.
Currently I am aware of the current limitations:
- Windows Vista Starter and Home basic - 5 simultaneous connections
- Windows Vista Home Premium and above - 10 simultaneous connections
- Windows 7 - 20 simultaneous connections
- Windows 8 - 20 simultaneous connections
My first question is: Do connections to the SQL server count towards these limits, and if they do, does that mean Windows 7, for example, can only support 10 clients (20/2)?
Secondly, on Windows Server operating systems (particularly Server 2008 R2 and Server 2012) are these limitations still governed by the number of CAL licenses, or is there a strict limit? For example, I read that Server 2008 Foundation only supports 30 (the MS documentation helpfully says that Standard and above support more, but does not specify how many).
Thanks in advance!
