A probably off-topic question relating to the terms and conditions under which a piece of software is permitted to be used by those others. Per the FAQ, licensing questions are generally off topic on SeverFault.
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SQL Server 2005/2008 Licensing Decision [duplicate]
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Hello,
I have purchased a dedicated server from a reputable Hosting company. They only have Windows Server 2008 OS ...
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OEM to Virtual Machine for Diaster Recovery / Business Continuity [duplicate]
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We are trying to deploy a Business Continuity Appliance (Zenith BDR) for a customer and one of the features is the ...
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
This is a Canonical Question about Licensing.
I have a question regarding software licensing. Can the Server Fault community please help with the following.
How many licenses do I need
Is this ...
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Which microsoft licenses do you need for a windows network using office and sql server? [closed]
windows server for each server
windows desktop for each desktop
office for each desktop
sql server for each server
cals for exchange, sql, windows network, remote desktop
what else?
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Device CAL, User Cal or Processor license needed for SQL 2008 (architecture explained inside)? [duplicate]
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So we have a number of servers in the Amazon cloud running SQL Server Standard edition to aggregate data. For that ...
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What windows licence can I purchase to run a web service in intranet? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
One of my customers wants me to provide my web-app to be installed in his local area network, behind the firewall - ...
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shared SQL Database instance in DEV environment
I am in the process of consolidating sql 2000 and SQL 2005 databases and for the DEV environment the SQL Server instances are shared i.e. diff app databases share the same instance. What ...
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transfering sql server license from one host to another
Greetings, I have an SQL server standard license, and it is being used on a dedicated server from one of the large hosting providers. If I want to move my dedciated server to another company, how does ...
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Cisco ASA 5520 AnyConnect Essentials License and IPSec Connections [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I'm trying to find the answer to this question, but not really getting anywhere. I'm hoping a ServerFault Cisco ...
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Are there any corporate antivirus solutions that are not license based?
Does anyone know of any corporate anti-virus solutions available for a Windows environment that is not license based? Everything I have ever seen is either client or user license based, plus the ...
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Tools for auditing software license compliance
We need to get Office install numbers and compare them to license counts in order to ensure compliance. What tools are there for querying software installations on the network?
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does Exchange 2010 come with Outlook License? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I remember that back in exchange 2003 the server license also allow installation of 50 outlook clients (or at least ...
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A servers hardware and software for a new startup
We are a new startup, and we don't have much money right now, but we want to invest what we should.
We building a website that will let users to upload pictures, and have a galleries. It's very ...
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Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 Licensing [duplicate]
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Related to Windows web server for in-house apps?, but with a twist.
Is a W2K8 Web Server licence acceptable for a ...
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Windows web server for in-house apps? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
Hi,
Ms site for Windows Web Server 2008 R2 states that it's only licensed to server internet-facing web apps.
What ...
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Best/Cheapest way to buy five microsoft office licences (2010 ed.)s [closed]
Can anyone give me some hints on the best/cheapest way to buy five Microsoft office licences (2010 ed.) for a charity?
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Are you Familiar with the Microsoft 'Internal Use' License? [duplicate]
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So I'd like to make sure we're keeping with the spirit and letter of the various licenses we have. Some of our ...
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Amazon EC2: Can we use our own license for Suse Linux? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We have an existing SUSE Linux server with license we want to move to Amazon EC2. I want to know if we can pay the ...
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SQL 2008 Web Edition for Intranet web sites [duplicate]
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Can I use the SQL 2008 Web Edition for internal web sites (intranet), used only internally from my company, and not ...
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Do I need the license update package for Juniper SRX100 [duplicate]
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I need a router/firewall to connect a couple of colocated servers to the internet.
I was looking at the Juniper ...
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Windows Small Business Server CAL Question [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We are in the process of upgrading to a new server, to be specific it's the following setup:
HP Proliant ML110 G6 ...
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is it possible to run a different version of sql server trial once you've already run one?
e.g. Have already installed trial version of SQL Server Enterprise Edition 2008 R2, is it now possible to switch to a trial version of the Developer edition?
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windows 2003 server licence issues [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
I have a 2003 R2 std OEM English Licence
Can I use it in the same machine, but installing from a spanish std retail ...
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Windows Server license [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I keep getting this message on start-up about the license not being genuine. I know it is genuine because I bought ...
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SQL Server 2008 Web Edition & CRM/LOB limitation - what does this mean?
We are reconsidering using SQL Server 2008 Web Edition, but are wondering exactly what Microsoft means by not being able to host LOB applications "such as CRM".
We provide our clients with web ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 DC and MSDN [duplicate]
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This question would be for anyone that has downloaded from MSDN Windows Server 2008 R2 Data Centre edition and set ...
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Do I need to purchase a mysql commercial license if I'm running a LAMP based website?
Does it make a difference if I'm selling products on the website rather than just hosting content like a blog?
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PC Imaging questions
I have some questions about how to image a group of PCs. I can use ghost or other software to create an image of a single PC well enough (otherwise this question would just be on superuser). What I ...
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SQL Server Management Studio licensing [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We have a SQL Server 2008 server, licensed per processor.
If I want to install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) ...
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MS Office 2010 Licensing requirements in on Terminal Server [duplicate]
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I have a client that would like to upgrade MS Access on his TS to 2010. From the research I have done, it appears ...
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What are the cheapest licenses for Windows Server (current) which I can legally run
1) A Web server
2) A Server running MySQL
Please list any technical limitations, if you know them (e.g. max memory).
Thank you
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How to install Win 2008 TS CAL on win server 2003
I just purchased 10 Windows Server 2008 CALs that I expected to install in my windows server 2003 machine. I received the emails from the vendor and Microsoft. I have an Authorization Number and ...
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How many cals do I need for a server handing out profiles [duplicate]
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Suppose I have a windows 2003 server which hosts 500 roaming profiles. Do i need 500 cals for each user accessing ...
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Do Active Directory and the built-in Windows VPN require CALs? [duplicate]
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We are thinking using the built-in Windows Server VPN and use Active Directory to authenticate users. Do we need ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Bulk Activiation
Is there a way to activate a group of Windows 2008 R2 Servers without logging into each one and typing the key?
This will be the same key for all the servers and they are all on Active Directory (So ...
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Can I change my motherboard without losing Windows Server 2008? [closed]
I'm never sure about this sort of things so I prefer asking. I want to change a motherboard of a computer on which Windows Server 2008 is installed. There will be no other changes: the CPU, hard disks ...
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Unlimited desktop connections in Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
I recently installed Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64 bit) on a nice machine that's more than capable of handling 30 or so remote desktop connections at once, and this is precisely what I want to ...
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Proprietary Software licensing in Cloud environments [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I am in the process of setting up my company's applications on Cloud. Some apps run on a fully LAMP stack with ...
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Where can you buy a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Service license? [closed]
Only place I really could find was ebay and Amazon... both seemed a bit sketchy. I just need two.. It needs to be per-device as well.
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Position of Microsoft technologies in the web industry?
I've seen it's quite rare to see huge websites running on Microsoft technologies like Windows Server, IIS, ASP.NET, SQL Server, take by example all the "bigs" known websites (Google, Facebook, ...
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Add a licence key to SQL Server 2008 after it has been installed
I have a machine that has had SQL Server 2008 installed on it, but I forgot to enter the licence key while installing.
It's now complaining that I have fifty days before it locks down, because I ...
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SharePoint - standard version enough for simple forms? [closed]
I'm trying to figure out wich version of Sharepoint (and CAL) I need. I haven't even used SharePoint yet - so please bear with me here :)
From what I've read - the price jumps substantially from ...
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How do I know how many CAL (Client Access Licenses) we have?
A former employee at our company bought a number of Exchange CALs for outlook. We can no longer get a hold of that former employee and we want to make sure we have enough. We are pretty sure we need ...
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In simple language, if I install and use Sphinx (GPLv2) on my co-located server for a commercial LAMP website do I need to buy a license? [duplicate]
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Do I have to license Sphinx for a commercial website? I don't need to modify the code... just use it with MySQL.
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Can I use VMWare Server internally in my small company? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
Can I use VMWare Server internally in my small company for free? From the license it is not very clear.
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How to check if the license on the server is a TechNet License
I have a server machine with Windows 2008 Web Server running on it and I THINK I have been running it under the TechNet license. Now I need to turn it into a production server and I need to find out ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation To Standard
If I am running the 180 evaluation of Server 2008 R2 Standard then wish to purchase the full product will I have to reinstall or will the evaluation activate using my key and all will be well till the ...
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individual license to volume license [duplicate]
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My company has about 100 computer each using individual licenses for Microsoft Office and Windows. We are looking to ...
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Domain and TS migration
The migration steps outlined by Microsoft in the ts migration seem to deal with moving TS to a different server on the same domain and call for adding the licensing service to another system, move the ...
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vmware esx licensing limit on vCPUs per VM [duplicate]
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when a server has more than 8 cores per CPU (total 16 logical procs) and ESX standard license is applied, what does ...
