Re: Processor licensing

From: "David Portas" <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:13:14 +0100

Under server and CAL licensing the Standard Edition will utilise up to 4
processors - no processor licence is required.

If you don't need OLAP and DTS then you might also consider Workgroup
Edition, which supports 2 processors.

More here:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/evaluation/overview/default.mspx

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David Portas
SQL Server MVP
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"jdog" <jdog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:942D5A14-E1B8-4D41-ADD1-7FC762B07E0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Does SQL Server 2000 Std Ed require processor licensing to access dual
> processors on a Windows 2003 server? Will Server+User CALs licensing allow
> access to both processors? This doesn't seem clear in Microsoft's
> licensing
> documents and web pages.

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