Re: What type of licenses and costs we need to upgrade to Windows 2003 AD?

From: Ulf B. Simon-Weidner [MVP] (nospam2-ulf_at_usw-consulting.com)
Date: 06/11/04 

Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 03:27:55 -0700

"Mugen IT" <us_matrix@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:F66A9EC0-8D06-4961-BCF9-B2E0E032FB01@microsoft.com:
> Hi,
>
> We are planning to upgrade to Windows 2003 AD. We are currently running as
> follow:
>
> NT 4.0 Domain in 1 location: 1 PDC and 1 BDC
> Member Server: 20 Windows 2000 servers
> Client: 80 XP Pro, 150 Windows 2000 Pro and 20 Win 98
> Non Member Server & Client: 20 MAC X server and 100 MAC OS X client (They
> are logon locally but it would be great if it can get logon authenticaion
> from AD)
> We are planning to create a Single AD with one backup DC and rest of the
> member servers and clients to join new AD. (But have not found any solution
> for those MAC X server and OS X client yet)
>
>
> The first things i have to do find out how much its costs and what kind of
> licenses we need to get us to Windows 2003 Active directory?
> Can someone point me out what type of license we need to upgrade to
> Windows 2003 AD based on the information above?
>
Hello Mugen,

you really should talk to your Microsoft Salesperson - they are able to
give you the number and especially the pricing for your contract.

In General you need a server licence for every server, and a CAL for
every client who's accessing services on the Windows Servers. And
you'll need a Client OS Licence for every client with that OS as well.
As far as the MAC Clients and servers are concerned, I'd assume that
you'll need a CAL if they authenticate against Active Directory or use
services on the Windows Servers, like printing via them or accessing
files.

There is a solution for MACs how to authenticate agains AD out there,
should be available from the Apple site, but read it carefully and make
sure that's what you'd like to use, IIRC this is pretty unsecure since
it requires storing Domain Administrator credentials locally. I believe
we'll see a better solution coming soon. 

-- 
Gruesse - Sincerely,
Ulf B. Simon-Weidner

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