A probably off-topic question relating to License Terms and Conditions which apply to the use of Microsoft Software.
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Windows Server 2003 to provide DHCP to devices
I will use Windows Server 2003 to provide DHCP to devices like printers and other embedded device. Is it true that I need to buy a license ? Some one say to me that I need to buy call licenses for ...
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Is it allowed to temporarily install Exchange 2010 when upgrading from 2003 to 2013? [duplicate]
As most of you know, there is no upgrade path from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2013. Is it allowed with MS licensing to temporarily install 2010 so that I can then upgrade to 2013 even if they only ...
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Downgrade Windows 2012 to Windows 2008 [duplicate]
We have bought Windows 2012 datacenter edition for our VMWare machine and we are entitled to downgrade.
When I downgrade to 2008 R2, can I no longer use Windows 2012 servers on my VMWare instance? Or ...
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Licensing dual boot Windows 8 [duplicate]
I would like to have two instances of Windows 8 Pro in the same machine, one for regular use and another for development.
I'm considering either using Hyper-V or a dual boot configuration. Do I need ...
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Amazon EC2 - Change SQL Server from Standard to Web
We have a web application running on an EC2 instance that was built using the SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard AMI.
We have since noticed that the cost of Standard is substantially higher than the cost ...
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Correct licensing if users have multiple AD accounts [duplicate]
When licensing User CALS for Windows Server, I have following problem (or question):
Given you have 30 employees in your domain. 5 of them are administrators.
Each of these administrator has two ...
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Microsoft Action Pack - Re-installation of software [duplicate]
My office currently has a Microsoft Action Pack (Design & Development) subscription.
We get around 10 Windows 8 licenses, and an equal number of Office Professional licenses.
I wanted to know ...
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How does one aquire the installation files to go along with a volume license or their Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft?
I have a general question about how a company usually acquires the installation media needed to install software associated with volume licenses that were purchased or that they are entitled to with ...
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Windows environment license discovery
Is there some tool from Microsoft or from somebody else that can scan the network and discover the licenses keys from windows machines (Windows 7, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2003, Office, SQL ...
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SQL enterprise trial to standard version with licence [closed]
i have installed a trial version of SQL Server 2012, in order to see if it would meet our needs, task for which it behaved nicely. Now i want to get a key for it and get it licensed. From what i've ...
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Windows Server 2012 Datacenter - Error 0xc004c088
I have windows server 2012 datacenter with hyper-v role. Activation works without any problem. I have found some problems to activate the operating system that runs on the same physical machine as ...
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Why does RDP Licensing, license the same device multiple times?
I've got a Citrix XenApp 6.5 Farm running on Win 2008 R2 Servers. I purchased 200 Device RDP/Remote App Licenses for ~200 users. We went with Device licenses, because most of the end users use the ...
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How does SSMS and SQL Server Licensing work? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
Could not get a efficient enough answer from MSFT or some of their vendors.
Trying to determine exactly how the ...
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Windows Server 2008 R2 acting as LDAP Gateway to Mercurial [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
Server A runs Windows Server 2008 R2
Server B runs Linux With Apache/Mercurial setup
Development team connects to ...
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'Unlimited' free trial of Windows Server 2008 by deleting and reinstalling VM? [closed]
I am using Virtual Machine software (VirtualBox) to learn Windows Server 2008 R2 Network Infrastructure (70-642). Trouble is - I'm learning at an extremely slow pace and so the trial periods of my ...
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SBS 2008 Device CAL for Server 2008 R2 / NAS Server [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
I got a DC running SBS 2008, the Clients are licensed via Device CALs.
I got 2 NAS Devices connected to 2 ...
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Will a Windows 8 KMS key allow older operating systems to be activated?
To put our Windows 8 KMS key onto our KMS server running Server 2008 R2, it appears that we first need to remove the existing Windows 7/Server 2008 key.
Is this the case? If so, do the new Windows ...
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Windows 2012 datacenter license - cover 2003 enterprise VM? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
Would a Windows 2012 Datacenter licensed host cover a guest VM that was running 2003 Enterprise edition? I don't think ...
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Is SQL Server 2012 Express redistributable? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
The wording on the 2008 Express download page, which explicitly allows redistribution, is absent from the 2012 Express ...
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Migrating a Windows image to Windows Azure - Are there licensing issues? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
edit: Could not find an answer in the general response, this is very specific to Azure. Let me rephrase.
I am ...
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Licensing SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services w/ SharePoint 2010 [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
Here's my situation:
I have 1 VM that is running SharePoint 2010 SP1. I have a different physical server that is ...
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Can I run more than two VMs on Windows Server 2012 Standard if guest OSes are not WS2012? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
It is said here that Windows Server 2012 Standard allows you to install it on one 2-processor machine and run up to two ...
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Do you need a CAL if I'm only logging in as a local administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2 [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
Here the scenario: I'm helping a really small business (less than 10 employees, no real administrators) migrate over ...
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Windows 7 Volume Deployment with OEM Licences [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
We have just ordered 80 Dell computers. We have chosen Windows 7 Professional on each of them (I assume this is an OEM ...
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How do I find which Microsoft product a license key is for? [closed]
I'm sorting out all our software and licenses and I have a few empty disc sleeves from the Microsoft Action Pack which have a valid key on them but no disc, meaning there is no indication which ...
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Reimage several of the same model PC by copying the hard disk
I have several of the same machine (Dell Precision T3500) that originally came with Windows 7 Pro (there is a Windows 7 Pro OA product key sticker on top of each one). These were initially downgraded ...
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Getting slmgr.vbs output, and/or Windows licensing status reports across multiple servers
I've got a number of Windows Servers that I've recently taken ownership on, and I'm looking to do a report on how these are licensed. I know it's a mix between KMS and MAK licensing, but I'm trying to ...
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Running virtual WinXP in Win7, is there something similiar for Windows 2008 server
I'm going to get a new server probably with OS Win2008 Server. That server will run some VM. Some with Linux, others with Windows.
Grant the Win2008 server license similiar rights to run e.g. ...
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Server 2008 MSDN Developer's version different from Enterprise Server 2008?
We're running VMware and I've spent a bunch of time building a template based off of our MSDN Developers copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise.
The template was built for our development ...
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Do I need Windows CALs for a dedicated SQL Server database server? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
This would seem an easy enough question, but I wasn't able to find any definite answer anywhere.
If I'm running SQL ...
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Upgrading existing Windows 7 Pro licenses to Ent?
From our license info page from MS:
Agreement Info: MOLP-Z Std
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License Date: 2011-03-02
Microsoft Invoice No: 91....
Reorder/Upgrade End Date: 2013-03-31
MS Win Pro 7 Sngl Open 1 License Part ...
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Does anybody use “Site Licensing Servers” in AD? Why / why not?
Site Licensing Servers are a feature in Server 2003 that doesn't appear to exist as an actual service in Windows 2008R2.
Does this service still exist? Is there any benefit to this at all?
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User CALs on Windows Server 2008 R2 with EC2 [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 on EC2. Per Amazon, the server license is included in my fees to them.
I have ...
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Is it possible to gather the licenses in one server?
How can servers take licences from one server? How about MS office licenses (more than 300) could be installed on the clients, I know there is a way but what is the best way to do this?
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Microsoft CAL licensing require for users accessing application using JBoss [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?
I have gone through the presentation and many websites for Microsoft CAL licensing but still need clarification on ...
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How can I tell when my MS Dynamics CRM trial key will expire?
I have an installation of Dynamics CRM 2011 that is currently on a trial key. We would like to change to a production license before it expires. Is there somewhere in Deployment Manager or elsewhere ...
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Is it possible to setup a Windows 2008 R2 KMS server for windows 7 Licensing only? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
The question is in the Title, I had the impression that you needed a Windows 2008 R2 KMS key to setup the KMS host, ...
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Archivie license with regards to Enterprise Exchange 2010 SP1 versus Standard? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I'm currently in the process of upgrading our 2007 Exchange environment to 2010 SP1. One of the neat features I've ...
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Where can I download Microsoft Office? [closed]
Here at our company, we've lost our install CDs for Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007. We have, however, still our volume license key.
Where can I download MS Office Pro Plus 2007?
Microsoft's ...
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Which license do I get for Windows Server 2008 [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I want to run a server with windows 2008. Which version license should I get? How many times can I install the ...
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Can I activate a Windows Server Trial using an OEM key? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I am currently running a trial of SBS 2011 Essentials that has expired. Most of the results I see for SBS 2011 on ...
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How would Microsoft know that my MS SQL Server is Genuine and properly licensed?
All I have is just a Word Document inside the CD.
My company purchased an SQL Server a long time. We contacted the ex-employee and he mentioned to us that the license can be found inside the SQL ...
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sql server licencing (How many cal) [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
My asp.net web app is using one sql server account to work. i need to buy sql server standart edition. i wonder to ...
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Can Exchange Server Standard handle 1000 employees? [closed]
I'm working in an organization where all users has a Standard Exchange CAL license, and Exchange Server Standard Server license is available. The organization has around 1000 users.
Can we use the ...
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Exchange 2010 Enterprise CAL
I feel kind of silly asking this question but I can't seem to find on how to check if I have enterprise CAL installed on Exchange 2010. If I don't have one activated/installed, how do I activate ...
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Windows 2008 R2 — Generate new activation key for cloned machine?
We have two Windows Server 2008 R2 servers (VMs), but because of cloning the VMs, they have the same activation ID.
This is causing issues with our Carbonite Pro backup, which is seeing the machines ...
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how to organise visio and project installations [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
Our company has maybe 10 users who require Visio and Project but only on an occassional basis. It would seem like ...
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Exceeding the DB size limit on SQL Server Express in READ_ONLY [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
If my database is larger than 10GB and I'm using it in READ_ONLY mode, will I be violating the licensing agreement ...
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Which Windows 2008 License should I buy to virtualize it on Vmware? [duplicate]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I need to install Windows 2008 Standard as a virtualized operating system.
Which license should I buy to spend less ...
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Which media was used to install Windows 7
I need to find out if a deployment of Windows 7 to a network was done with OEM, Retail or VL media - if that even matters anymore - it certainly used to in the XP days. I need to know which product ...
