Re: Client license question

From: Alin (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/05/04

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    Thanks guys for your quick responses... from the License
    Agreement I got the same feeling...
    Best regards,
     Alin V.

    >-----Original Message-----
    >Alin,
    >
    > I think that anyone interacting with the database from
    a client
    >computer, whether that interaction passes through an
    intermediary such
    >as a web server or not, is considered a client. If your
    anonymous user
    >requests are handled through transactions specifically
    for them against
    >the database, they need to be covered by either
    individual client
    >licenses or by a processor license on the web server.
    You should
    >probably contact Microsoft for an official answer, but I
    think the only
    >possible situation in which you can consider the web
    server to be the
    >sole client would be if the web server's interactions
    with the database
    >were independent of the anonymous users' interactions
    with the
    >webserver. This might be the case if the web server only
    served up a
    >collection of canned reports off the data. The SQL
    Server could supply
    >the information for these reports, but the users would
    only be able to
    >select which report they wanted to see, or request a
    report with some
    >sort of customization that could be handled by the web
    server alone. As
    >soon as the database is asked specific questions on
    behalf of someone,
    >that someone has become a client.
    >
    > When it's released, SQL Server 2005 Express Edition may
    be a zero-cost
    >solution as a back-end database for many kinds of Web
    applications.
    >See
    http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/sql/default.aspx.
    >
    >Steve Kass
    >Drew University
    >
    >Alin wrote:
    >
    >>Hi all,
    >> This is a question related to licensing...
    >>
    >> Environment :
    >> Server 1 - Windows 2000/2003 with SQL Server 2000
    >> Server 2 - webserver (IIS/Apache/etc)
    >>
    >> Server 2 is connecting to the SQL Server database
    (Server
    >>1) using SQL Server authentication (i.e.
    >>SQLServerAccount/Password)
    >>
    >> There are multiple users connecting to the webserver
    >>using anonymous authentication to pull out some data
    from
    >>the SQL Server.
    >> There is going to be only one user connected to the SQL
    >>Server (which is 'SQLServerAccount') ... and is going to
    >>have several instances for each user...
    >> Basically the external users will not have access to
    the
    >>SQL Server database ... without using the webbased front-
    >>end application...
    >>
    >> How many licenses (SQL Server) do I need for the
    >>server/clients?
    >>
    >>Best regards,
    >> Alin V.
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >
    >.
    >

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