Re: What do I do with all these user CALs?

Thomas H <ThomasH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So we just bought a few hundred user CALs for my new Server 2003
network, what do I do with them? I read
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/824196 , which seems to be saying not
to run the License service at all. The network I'm building is
native server 2003, minimum client is Windows XP.

I assume I still change each servers' licensing mode to per-user, and
put in the total amount of user CALs we bought- but what's next? Do
I do anything with XP, or with their user account in Active
Directory? Or do I just put the user CALs in the safe and that's it?

Thanks!


I'd keep track of the CALs with a spreadsheet, and keep the paper copies
somewhere safe. The Windows License Logging service is buggy and not
mandatory. I'd leave it disabled entirely.




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