Re: SBS Premium Edition .. what way is SQL licenced

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Anonymous access and multi-plexing are two different topics . . . multiplexing is never an option for negating SQL CALs for per-server licensing.

From
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/faq/bizsolutions.mspx :

Q. I want to use the SQL Server component of SBS 2003 R2 Premium Edition for Web-based business applications. Do I need to buy licenses for all those Internet users?

A. No. As long as the Internet users do not authenticate on the SBS 2003 R2 network, you do not need an SBS 2003 R2 CAL for those users. You also do not need to purchase any SQL Server CALs for un-authenticated users. But if they authenticate on the network, such as logging in to check on order status in a line-of-business application, you will need an SBS 2003 R2 Premium Edition CAL.

The key here is anonymous access . . . if you have SQL back-ending a public web site (e.g. SharePoint), and that site was configured to allow anonymous access - you can do that, regardless of how many people hit that site. The minute users start authenticating to get to that site, then the CAL requirements kick in. It's important to realize that "authenticating" isn't just restricted to authenticating against AD - any mechanism that processes a log in to the site (even against a database using forms-based authentication) is considred authenticating and thus requires a CAL.

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Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
SBS ROCKS!
www.msmvps.com/blogs/cgross

"Rory Niland" <RoryNiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:B38CA833-EC3C-4FE8-A5A4-E190847C1ACB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"You are allowed to use SQL on SBS to backend a public website without
needing additional CALs as long as visitors have anonymous access to that
site. If visitors log in to the site in any way, then SBS CALs are
required." "

Very interesting .. do you have a URL that backs this up ? it seems to
controvene this :

"Sometimes organizations develop network scenarios that use various forms of
hardware and/or software that reduce the number of devices or users that
directly access or use the software on a particular server, often called
"multiplexing" or "pooling" hardware or software. Use of such multiplexing or
pooling hardware and/or software does not reduce the number of client access
licenses (CALs) required to access or use SQL Server software. A CAL is
required for each distinct device or user to the multiplexing or pooling
software or hardware front end. This remains true no matter how many tiers of
hardware or software exist between the server running SQL Server and the
client devices that ultimately use its data, services, or functionality."

taken from http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/multiplexing.mspx




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