Licensing Question

I have 4 servers (details below) in my network and 24 client computers (
Most clients have XP Pro with about 3 that have 2000
2 Windows 2000 servers one of which is the DC with exchange and the web
site, the others are a fax server, and remote server
1 windows 2003 server which is the new one I am in process of setting up.
This will be our SQL server.

How should I have my CALs licensing setup?? (obviously the least licenses
that I have to purchase the better.

The DC is using Microsoft SBS and when I bring up the licensing it says
unlimited with 31 in uses plus 5 for Terminal Services.

I just found the licensing is actually in the remote server 45 total Server
CAL's, 30 for the DC, 10 for the Fax Server (I think), and 5 for the remote.
I am showing that of the 45 that a negative 13 have been reached. Not sure
what this means. Because when I go into it farther it has Server - 30 with
19 reached, Server2(think this is the fax server) - 10 purchased with 12
reached, remote server - 5 with 5 reached. They are all server CAL's. I
also have 30 CAL's purchased for Exchange server with 10 reached. When I add
all this together I do not come up with the negative 13 that it has.

The the new 2003 server I purchased 15 CAL's I am now wondering if I even
need them. And in setting up this server should I set it up as per server or
per device/user?

Then, I would like to know how many CAL's I should have for my network???
Can I get less? Should I have the servers in per server more? per user mode?
What would be my best bet as far as having my licensing setup?? Thanks for
your help

MarthaK <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I have 4 servers (details below) in my network and 24 client
> computers ( Most clients have XP Pro with about 3 that have 2000
> 2 Windows 2000 servers one of which is the DC with exchange and the
> web site, the others are a fax server, and remote server
> 1 windows 2003 server which is the new one I am in process of setting
> up. This will be our SQL server.
>
> How should I have my CALs licensing setup?? (obviously the least
> licenses that I have to purchase the better.
>
> The DC is using Microsoft SBS and when I bring up the licensing it
> says unlimited with 31 in uses plus 5 for Terminal Services.

Note that licensing questions are best directed to Microsoft directly (or
your reseller). SBS handles a lot of things differently - the SBS2000 group
is microsoft.public.backoffice.smallbiz2000 if you'd like to post there.

I know that for SBS2003, you shouldn't be buying any non-SBS CALs, as the
SBS ones cover you for other Windows servers in your domain. I believe this
is true for SQL servers as well, but you should check with Microsoft /
reseller for all your licensing questions rather than relying on newsgroup
myth and lore. Good luck - it can be confusing.



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