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From: Richard Cass (richardcass_at_micronav.co.uk)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 14:13:18 -0000

On the MS SBS2003 FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/techinfo/overview/generalfaq.mspx
the "question" is posed: Do accounts such as the administrator account and
services accounts need a CAL?

The answer I believe is incomplete, as it only talks about third-party
applications that create accounts. So that would mean BackupExec or
GroupShield Spamkiller service accounts needs one each, for example.

Is it the case that the administrator account itself consumes a CAL, and
then if you use accounts such as Postmaster or a non-administrator Power
User account for domain sysadmin duties, do these also consume a CAL?

Even some of the MS software automatically creates accounts (e.g.
SQLDebugger for Visual Studio .NET Debugging!).

A thought - if all these accounts are only needed on the server, can one of
the original 5 off CALs be used as a Device CAL?

Richard

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  • Re: How to access current CAL usage
    ... I see no reason to believe that user accounts are in any way ... related to licenses. ... server at all in any normal capacity; thus the Administrator is not a user. ... Q. Does SBS 2003 R2 provide a mechanism to track and display how many CALs ...
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  • Re: How to access current CAL usage
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  • Re: Need Help with Windows 2003 CALs
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  • Re: still about CALs license...
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