Re: SBS Premium Edition .. what way is SQL licenced
- From: Rory Niland <RoryNiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 03:59:00 -0700
Ok thats great. Thank you.
If I'm using no authentication and anonymous access is enabled,can I use the
IP subnet ( from the browser details ) to acertain the general location of my
hits ( kinda like webtrends but not ) am I violating licence ?
thanks for this
"Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP]" wrote:
:^).
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.
--
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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