Licensing 2000

[JB]

I'm a little unclear on Microsoft's licensing requirements.

If I have 75 users/computers and 10 servers how many CAL's
do I need? Do CAL's come with the client OS's and are
they sufficient?

Thanks.

 

[Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP]

I'm a little unclear on Microsoft's licensing requirements.

If I have 75 users/computers and 10 servers how many CAL's
do I need? Do CAL's come with the client OS's and are
they sufficient?

Thanks.

CAL's do not come w/ client OS. The EULA agreement for a workstation OS
does not include access to a server (it can be used to connnect to
another workstation, but not another server).

When you license servers, you can either license per seat or per
server. The difference can be tedious to explain, but suffice it to say
that w/ 10 servers, you probably want to go w/ per seat.

If all of the servers are in the same domain or the same subnet, each
per seat CAL covers a simultaneous connection within that domain or
subnet.

W/o knowing anymore specifics, I would say that you need at least 75
Windows server CAL's and you should setup your servers per seat, not per
server.

hth

 

[Guest]

First off, CALs don't come with the OS. How many CALs
needed is dependent upon how you implement your 75
users/computer and 10 servers. If all users need
simultaneous connections to 10 servers, it's cost-
effective to set up all servers in a per-seat client
access mode and buy 75 per-seat CALs. If not, try to
determine the role of the server and the number of
connections to it. It's also important to note that if a
server is set up in a per-server client access mode, a
user/comuputer set up in a per-seat mode accessing the
server will be getting license from the server. In
effect, 2 licenses are used in the connection - per-seat
from the client/user and per-server from the server. I
hope this help out.