Server Licensing

[Paul Kavanagh]

Just a quickie.....

If I have an SBS 4.5 sever with 15 CALS (this is the PDC), and I have a
Windows 2000 server installed on the same Domain as a Member server running
SQL 2000 with 15 SQL CALS, do I need Windows 2000 Server CALS for the 2000
box (as in to access it)?

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

 

[Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP]

Just a quickie.....

If I have an SBS 4.5 sever with 15 CALS (this is the PDC), and I have a
Windows 2000 server installed on the same Domain as a Member server running
SQL 2000 with 15 SQL CALS, do I need Windows 2000 Server CALS for the 2000
box (as in to access it)?

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

The definition of whether you need server OS cals is if the Server
service is required for the connection. If the connections to the SQL
box are purely SQL connections and don't depend on the server service of
the W2K box at all, then you don't need W2K server CAL's for it. If,
however, you are accessing something like a shared folder or printers on
the W2K box, then you do need the CAL's.

Also, depends on if your current licensing is per seat or per server.

hth

 

[Paul Kavanagh]

Thanks, that clears it up nicely.

The definition of whether you need server OS cals is if the Server
service is required for the connection. If the connections to the SQL
box are purely SQL connections and don't depend on the server service of
the W2K box at all, then you don't need W2K server CAL's for it. If,
however, you are accessing something like a shared folder or printers on
the W2K box, then you do need the CAL's.

Also, depends on if your current licensing is per seat or per server.

hth