up vote 2 down vote favorite
share [g+] share [fb]

Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my software licensing question?

Related to Windows web server for in-house apps?, but with a twist.

Is a W2K8 Web Server licence acceptable for a web-based application with the following features:

  • Externally accessed by users with application-level username/password authentication and impersonation.
  • Internally accessed by users with domain accounts, using integration authentication but also configured to use impersonation.
  • Connecting to a separate SQL Server 2008 cluster with processer licences. No other access to SQL apart from administration.
  • Load balanced with WLBS over two nodes.

Specific questions:

  1. Do I need user CALs for the internal users?
  2. Do I need user or device CALs for the Windows installs on the database servers? Or an external connector license? Or does impersonation cover this (single domain account accessing the database)?
link|improve this question
feedback

closed as exact duplicate by DJ Pon3, Iain♦ Jan 27 at 16:49

This question covers exactly the same ground as earlier questions on this topic; its answers may be merged with another identical question. See the FAQ for guidance on how to improve it.

1 Answer

up vote 0 down vote accepted
  1. No the Web server does not need CALs for anyone. But the Domain Controller(s) need CALs for authenticating your internal users.
  2. Your SQL server, if licensed per processor does not need SQL CALs at all. The Windows Server software it runs on must be licensed and have CALs for any users that will login to the the server as usual (SQL users who auth through AD would require CALs on the DC as in #1).
link|improve this answer
Server instances that run SQL Server can have External Connector License instead of user CALs for external users. – Hubert Kario Aug 1 '11 at 18:30
feedback

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.