Licensing Help!

Hi,

I'm trying to administrate a Small Business Server. Every time I log on
I see the message:

License usage for the product Windows Server is nearing the maximum
number of per server licenses purchased. Consult Licensing from the
Administrative Tools folder for more information.

What I see in the Licensing program is the following:

Installed Licenses: 25
Maximum usage: 35

License Codes | Number of Licenses | Expiry Date
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
XXXX 20 5/5/2005


Am I in trouble? What should I do?

Thanks,
Cyp.

How many user do you actually have?


DDS
"Cyphos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to administrate a Small Business Server. Every time I log on
> I see the message:
>
> License usage for the product Windows Server is nearing the maximum
> number of per server licenses purchased. Consult Licensing from the
> Administrative Tools folder for more information.
>
> What I see in the Licensing program is the following:
>
> Installed Licenses: 25
> Maximum usage: 35
>
> License Codes | Number of Licenses | Expiry Date
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> XXXX 20 5/5/2005
>
>
> Am I in trouble? What should I do?
>
> Thanks,
> Cyp.
>

> How many user do you actually have?

Users? I have 80 user accounts. Computers? I have 26 computers.

I hope this helps.

From your first post you state you are in per server mode.

Since the license logging service does not work as expected I would turn it
off and keep track of your licenses manually. You state you have 26
computers, you would need 26 CALs.

The license logging service does not work as expected. The only affect of
turning it off would be the error messages would stop. Stopping the license
logging service will not "break" anything. It is an after thought addin put
there solely to "help" the administrator. But it doesn't work.

Stop and disable the license logging service on your servers and keep track
of your licenses manually. If ever audited, and the license logging service
is found to be off you are assumed to be in "per seat" mode. This means you
need one license for each *computer* accessing the domain.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"Cyphos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> How many user do you actually have?
>
> Users? I have 80 user accounts. Computers? I have 26 computers.
>
> I hope this helps.
>