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

Hi Rory -

Yep. As long as those users aren't authenticating with the site, you're golden :^)

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SBS Rocks!
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"Rory Niland" <RoryNiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:07C416C6-A7A2-4D5C-95B7-17ECDA42EB66@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
great.

I've placed a reservation on the mac address for each of the 600 PC's in
another domain and they all have static IP addresses now. They are behind the
same firewall but have access to the public website.

They access the "public" website but I can identify them via IP address in
the browser. They still do not authenticate.

Everything still ok Chad?

"Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Yep, no problem with that. Take a look at awstats
(http://awstats.sourceforge.net/)

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Chad A. Gross - SBS MVP
SBS ROCKS!
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"Rory Niland" <RoryNiland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:61B1954F-4AD3-4768-AA6A-796EB717A5E0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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