CAL's question

According to Microsoft site:
"The number of Windows Small Business Server 2003 CALs required equals the
maximum number of users or devices that may simultaneously access or use the
server software installed on a particular server. The Windows Small Business
Server 2003 CALs that you purchase are designated for use exclusively with a
particular server."

so can the number of users setup exceed the number of licenses? providing
that they are not logged on to SBS2k3 in the same time?

Would there be any problems with the Exchange licensing when the number of
mailboxes exceeds the number of licenses?

Ie: there will be some remote users checking their email once in a while...

Thank you,

Daniel

Karl
Mon Jun 14 22:14:20 CDT 2004

> so can the number of users setup exceed the number of licenses? providing
> that they are not logged on to SBS2k3 in the same time?
>

YES.




"Daniel" <idaniel99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> According to Microsoft site:
> "The number of Windows Small Business Server 2003 CALs required equals the
> maximum number of users or devices that may simultaneously access or use
the
> server software installed on a particular server. The Windows Small
Business
> Server 2003 CALs that you purchase are designated for use exclusively with
a
> particular server."
>
> so can the number of users setup exceed the number of licenses? providing
> that they are not logged on to SBS2k3 in the same time?
>
> Would there be any problems with the Exchange licensing when the number of
> mailboxes exceeds the number of licenses?
>
> Ie: there will be some remote users checking their email once in a
while...
>
> Thank you,
>
> Daniel
>
>

Javier
Tue Jun 15 06:24:36 CDT 2004

Actually, I think the answer is more complicated....

That quote is something I tried to ask MS to change when SBS2k3 came out
because is very misleading. Although, you can create 1000's of accounts in
AD and have equal number of mailboxes... legally speaking SBS is not
licensed per concurrent connections. This means that an User CAL belongs to
an user and you cannot "share" it between 2 (or more users), the same way a
Device CAL cannot be shared between different PCs.

The only way your scenario would be true is to have 50 PCs with 50 Device
CALs and 1000's of users accessing the SBS from those 50 PCs.

--
Javier [SBS MVP]

<< SBS ROCKS!!! >>

"Karl Middleton" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>> so can the number of users setup exceed the number of licenses? providing
>> that they are not logged on to SBS2k3 in the same time?
>>
>
> YES.
>
>
>
>
> "Daniel" <idaniel99@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:azrzc.759761$Ig.677411@pd7tw2no...
>> According to Microsoft site:
>> "The number of Windows Small Business Server 2003 CALs required equals
>> the
>> maximum number of users or devices that may simultaneously access or use
> the
>> server software installed on a particular server. The Windows Small
> Business
>> Server 2003 CALs that you purchase are designated for use exclusively
>> with
> a
>> particular server."
>>
>> so can the number of users setup exceed the number of licenses? providing
>> that they are not logged on to SBS2k3 in the same time?
>>
>> Would there be any problems with the Exchange licensing when the number
>> of
>> mailboxes exceeds the number of licenses?
>>
>> Ie: there will be some remote users checking their email once in a
> while...
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>
>