Re: SBS 2003 as web server

Gregg,

When you say "licensing folks," are you referring to the sales/licensing
group at 800-426-9400? In the past week, I've had two guys in that group
tell me basically that ANY authentication (AD or not) requires a CAL.
However, one of them also told me at first that SBS can only be used as an
internal web server, contradicting point #8 on the "why buy" page. In other
words, they seem to be generalists, so I'm not confident about their answers
to this specific question. I'm hoping that someone at Microsoft who
specializes in server licensing will get on the ball and publish some clear
guidance on this.

Mark

"Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Per my last conversation with the licensing folks, if the Internet
connecting people are not authenticating to AD then it is an anonymous
connection.

Gregg Hill

"Mark Berry" <markb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gregg,

You're right, Anonymous connections are "free". The question is whether
authenticated connections are "charged" against CALs even when the
authentication happens outside of Active Directory. Like when you go to a
shopping site and log on--I doubt they're adding you to their Active
Directory, but neither are you anonymous; you are, to quote the EULA,
"otherwise individually identified."

Mark

"Gregg Hill" <bogus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Per every doc I have read, anonymous connections via the Internet do NOT
require a CAL.

Are you saying that even anonymous web connections DO require a CAL?

Gregg Hill



"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is not correct. It was my belief that only authentication against
the AD required CALs. A senior member of the SBS product group recently
stated this was not so.

Many of the SBS MVP's will be meeting with the product group in a few
days time (unfortunately, not me, I don't like travel and AU -> US was
out this time), I believe this is slated for discussion.

"TechSoEasy" <TechSoEasy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As far as "authentication" is concerned, SBS licensing only applies to
Active Directory Authentication. Creating user accounts in a .NET
appliction wouldn't have anything to do with that.

However, licensing isn't really the issue because running a public
website, especially an e-commerce site on an SBS which is your Domain
Controller, risks both security and resource availability.

This is the first time I've read that transcript and am actually
floored that they suggest that SBS makes a great web server... when
there is solid documentation and experience to the contrary. The ONLY
exception to this would be if SBS was deployed as a single machine
without any clinet workstations or users.

Jeffrey B. Kane
TechSoEasy
San Francisco, CA
http://www.techsoeasy.com






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