Re: Additional instances and licensing...

I believe that for SQL2K, you need one license per instance for Standard Edition (non-Enterprise) and in Per User mode.

However, for Enterprise (any mode) you can install several instance with same license.

Also for Standard (and probably Workgroup) in Per Processor mode, you can install several instance with same license.

This is from memory, the SQL2K licensing FAQ page. I don't know if the SQL2K licensing FAQ page is online anymore, though...

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"Kevin3NF" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:umAG7WFVIHA.748@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Is that a change from the SQL 2000 licensing model? I think it is...

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"Ekrem Önsoy" <ekrem@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BE84FE78-5DEB-42BE-852B-1DA59A839115@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello,

You do not need additional licenses for multiple instances. You may want to take a look at the following quote by Microsoft:

Q. How does licensing work with the multi-instance feature in SQL Server 2005?
A. You can run multiple instances of SQL Server 2005 on a single computer. Multiple instances are used by organizations that have several applications running on a server but want them to run in isolation so that any problem in one instance will not affect the other instances. In SQL Server 2005, you can now run multiple instances with the Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions when they are licensed server/CAL or on a per-processor basis.

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"Fuel451" <Fuel451@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:FF26D96C-5FD6-4D99-ACD3-CC29F946E104@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
nWhile discussing the use of multiple instances of SQL 2005 on a sigle
server, the question of licensing came up. Does multiple instances of SQL
2005 require multiple/additional licenses?




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