SBS 2000 - managing licenses

[Rob Ingenthron]

(To avoid spam, I added the "-removethis-" text.)

After going though some work to get the console working, I
am still not able to manage licenses. On SBS, you cannot
use the normal License Manager because that would be
intuitive and consistent. You are supposed to use
the "Small Business Server Console", but running the
Administration or the personal consoles yield nothing
about license management. The only reference in the help
is to run a setup program to add licenses. Great. But how
do you determine how many you have or how many you need!??


Thanks for any help!


-- Rob --

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

(To avoid spam, I added the "-removethis-" text.)

After going though some work to get the console working, I
am still not able to manage licenses. On SBS, you cannot
use the normal License Manager because that would be
intuitive and consistent. You are supposed to use
the "Small Business Server Console", but running the
Administration or the personal consoles yield nothing
about license management. The only reference in the help
is to run a setup program to add licenses. Great. But how
do you determine how many you have or how many you need!??

How many you need=how many users/devices you have.
I stop and disable the underlying license logging service on all servers I
set up - it tends to be buggy, and it isn't mandatory. Keep track of your
licenses manually.