Re: 75 users limit

I believe the announced release date is Nov. 12.

"Rgarcia" <Rgarcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, that's the one I was thinking about (Essential Business Server). Any
ideas on when this one is coming out? And, will Microsoft offer a
"transition
pack".

Thanks again!

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" wrote:

There is little, if any, correspondence between the number of AD UserID's
and CALs, SBSLicensing simply can't count them accurately and so cannot
enforce itself. It is the owner's responsibility to maintain license
compliance, not the system's.

Sounds like you may have heard of EBS (Essential Business Server), 50
CALs
min, 300 max (but designed for 250 max).

"Rgarcia" <Rgarcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for your reply.

Larry, it would be nice to be able to use Device CALS but all of my
users
are logging on from different locations... so that's why I'm using User
CALs....

And, SuperGumby, yeah those "users" I was referring to are "service
accounts" that I created. For example, one for MS SQL, and a couple of
more
for my Business applications.

My main concern was to know what would happen when I reach the 75 user
limit? Will my SBS stay functional for a while so I'll have to upgrade?

Also, any ideas when the new SBS 2008 is coming out? Actually, I think
in
my
case it would be the "medium" version which I think is called
Essentials?
What is the user limit on that one?

Thanks again!

"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" wrote:

However, 'service accounts' do not consume CALS. I'm pretty sure R is
referring to userID's for service accounts, not 'users'.

eg. Backup Exec can be told to run as admin but it is preferred that a
'service account', a unique UserID, is created for BE's use. No
'person'
signs on using this account and even in the case where multiple
devices
communicate across the LAN (you might have the BE agent on, say, your
LOB
Application Server) it still does not consume a CAL, even though it is
authenticated.

The way I think of it is as part of 'Administration does not consume a
CAL'.

"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hi Rgarcia:

If the user authenticates on the SBS server he/she needs a CAL.

Any chance that some of these use the same device? Device CALs are
intended to allow multiple users on one device.

-Larry

"Rgarcia" <Rgarcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D48DE579-394A-45A4-8783-CC536524291C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

We have a SBS 2003 Premium with 75 licenses. And, our company
currently
has
about 65 employees and we'll be adding a few more soon. We only
have
about 5
employees working at the HQ and the rest work at the customer's
facilities.
The onsite employees never come to the HQ really... they only use
OWA.

Also, I have created other "users" to run some of our business
applications... I didn't create exchange mailboxes for them but I
was
wondering if these "users" take up some of these licenses? How is
this
75
user limit calculated?







.

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