Re: SBS2003 - mixing CALS?

From: Javier Gomez [SBS MVP] (javier_gomez_at_remove.this.engineer.com)
Date: 05/08/04 

Date: Sat, 8 May 2004 00:18:27 -0400

When I said you have to put down the number of CALs... I meant physically
with ink on the top of the paper EULA (there is actually a space for that
there). As Root mentioned all this is legal stuff... your server may never
know :-)

However, I would like to make a point here...

> > But I'm still not clear on the concept. Does the server enforce the 30
> > number in some way or is this a "moral" obligation?
>
> Moral.

SBS2k3 *does* enforce licensing (and unlike Win2k3 you can't turn it off).
If you only have 5 CALs and you try to connect 20 workstations each one with
different users... at some point it will stop accepting more connections. It
is kind-of a mistery (for us mere mortals) how SBS handles this... but
normally this is a non-issue if you are complying with the legal stuff. 

-- 
Javier [SBS MVP]
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> > Javier, thank you for your response.
> >
> > You say "just put the number on to of the CAL..." Is this in the
Licensing
> > section? I have done that and the system shows 30 CALs.
> >
> > But I'm still not clear on the concept. Does the server enforce the 30
> > number in some way or is this a "moral" obligation?
>
> Moral.
>
> > You say that a User CAL
> > is assigned to a specific user. At what point?
>
> Your pen stroke.
>
> > When they are created in AD?
> > When they logon? How are they assigned?
>
> In your "moral" mind and/or notes and not in any code in SBS2003.
>
>

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