Re: CALS and public resources
From: Les Connor (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 09/27/04
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 08:59:50 -0500
Cool. Now we can hope that the understanding we share is actually the
correct understanding ;-0.
-- Les Connor [SBS Community Member] ------------------------------------- SBS Rocks ! "Al Christoph" <ac2@too.net> wrote in message news:%23cY2HgJpEHA.2764@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > Thanks for the response and your patience. There was a posting previous in > this chain that seemed to imply otherwise, and I wanted to make sure that > my understanding which is the same as yours is correct. And that appears > to be the case. > > Regards, > Al > "Les Connor" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca> wrote in message > news:ublxiKCpEHA.3668@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... >> Same difference, nothing. Like I said, CALs (either kind) are not realted >> to the creation of user accounts. >> >> The onus is on the owner (a person) to be in compliance. So if *you* >> decide that the 5 included CALs are User CASs, then you can have 5 users >> (persons) log in to the SBS from 100 workstations. The opposite of >> Device CALs. >> >> Do a google search of this newsgroup for CALs, there's been lots of >> discussion. >> >> -- >> Les Connor [SBS Community Member] >> ------------------------------------- >> SBS Rocks ! >> >> >> >> "Al Christoph" <ac2@too.net> wrote in message >> news:udpGzeApEHA.556@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >>> Thanks for the response Les. That is understood. The question is what >>> does the system do if you install USER CALS?????? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Al >>> >>> "Les Connor" <les.connor@DEL.cfive.ca> wrote in message >>> news:u0zjpd3oEHA.3724@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >>>> Hi Al, >>>> >>>> You can create as many user accounts as you like - the creation of >>>> accounts is not tied to CALs in any way. 100 users could share 5 >>>> workstations with 5 device CALs. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Les Connor [SBS Community Member] >>>> ------------------------------------- >>>> SBS Rocks ! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "Al Christoph" <ac2@too.net> wrote in message >>>> news:uoCMAUzoEHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... >>>>> Once you get your system up and running take a look at the user list. >>>>> You may - depending what you have decided to use - find all sorts of >>>>> users that MS has created for OS convenience. For example, I've got >>>>> users for each one of the subwebs, created not by me directly but >>>>> rather by the subweb creation process. >>>>> >>>>> Bill has been accused of greed, but they could hardly charge you $99 >>>>> for each one of these users that the software sets up for its >>>>> convenience. >>>>> >>>>> Question: An earlier posting seems to imply that the helium filled red >>>>> ballon tied to a brick won't work. In some licensing schemes if you >>>>> have the brick sitting on your desk you can use the license/software. >>>>> Thus, if you have ten PC's, one server, and 5 USER CAL's and 15 users, >>>>> the ballon trick implies that any 5 of them could connect on any or >>>>> all of the PC's while the other ten took an extended smoke break. >>>>> >>>>> OTH the way I read that comment in a very early post, the moment you >>>>> attempted to CREATE the sixth user you would be rebuffed. >>>>> >>>>> So do user CALS reflect who is using the system at the moment - the >>>>> red balloon style - OR folks that you can create user id's for????? >>>>> How many full users can you create if you have 5 CALS? >>>>> >>>>> BTW Please forgive me if this was answered earlier in the string of >>>>> posts. I'll have to admit that I didn't slog through them all. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Al >>>>> - >>>>> "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in >>>>> message news:OZlAyqmoEHA.648@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... >>>>>> No, the resource account does not require a license. Since there is >>>>>> no authentication being done by the resource account, it doesn't >>>>>> count as a user or device that requires a CAL. For User CALs, users >>>>>> are actual people, not accounts. Letting 5 people log in with one >>>>>> account still uses 5 User CALs, for example. For Device CALs, >>>>>> they're devices that authenticate (such as computers, PDAs), not >>>>>> devices that don't (such as printers). >>>>>> >>>>>> You can have as many accounts in AD as you wish, unrelated to your >>>>>> CAL count. For example, User A authenticates to the SBS, therefore >>>>>> using a CAL. User A quits and is replaced by User B. User B uses the >>>>>> CAL that User A freed up by leaving the company. You can leave User >>>>>> A in the AD for as long as you wish without consuming a CAL. (I do >>>>>> this so that a supervisor can log into User A's profile and check for >>>>>> important data without giving the supervisor admin rights, then >>>>>> delete User A when we're sure nothing got missed). >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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