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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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SBS 2003 licensing [closed]
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I would like to know more about how CALs work and do they count as concurrent connections?
Scenario A
If I have 5 ...
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Is it possible to setup a Windows 2008 R2 KMS server for windows 7 Licensing only?
The question is in the Title, I had the impression that you needed a Windows 2008 R2 KMS key to setup the KMS host, even if you wanted to activate Windows 7 licenses only.
Am I wrong ?
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Archivie license with regards to Enterprise Exchange 2010 SP1 versus Standard?
I'm currently in the process of upgrading our 2007 Exchange environment to 2010 SP1. One of the neat features I've seen is the archiving feature, since we (like many) have issues with users having ...
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Which license do I get for Windows Server 2008 [closed]
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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? [closed]
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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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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
Our company has maybe 10 users who require Visio and Project but only on an occassional basis. It would seem like overkill to purchase 10 separate copies of each. But the only alternative that I can ...
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Exceeding the DB size limit on SQL Server Express in READ_ONLY
If my database is larger than 10GB and I'm using it in READ_ONLY mode, will I be violating the licensing agreement somehow?
It appears that SQL Server Express edition only gets fussy if you try to ...
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Which Windows 2008 License should I buy to virtualize it on Vmware? [closed]
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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 ...
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Physical to virtual, Unable to Re-Activate windows since it's Windows XP OEM. Willing to pay, what are my options? [closed]
I need to virtualize an IBM Laptop that one of the engineers at my company uses. The hardware is on it's last legs and setting up a new computer from scratch is not an option as it'd be too time ...
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SQL Server Costs [closed]
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I`ve been looking on the web for quite a long time to find out the pricing for SQL Server. Microsoft makes you ...
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How does KMS (Windows Server 2008 R2) differentiate clients?
I have recently installed a KMS Server in our domain and deployed 75 new Windows 7 machines using an image I made using Acronis True Image. There are 2 variations of this image rolled out currently.
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I have a KMS/MAC key for Excel 2010, where can I download the media?
I need to get the stand alone version of Excel 2010 installed on a server. I have the KMS/MAC key for it but I can't find the media to download anywhere. All I can find is the full office versions and ...
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windows server CLT vs CAL [closed]
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What's the difference between windows server CAL and CLT license for attached workstations?
For example i have ...
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Do non-IIS web servers running on Windows 2008 Server require Client Access Licenses? [closed]
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For web applications I would like to run a JBoss AS on a 64 Bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard system. Does the ...
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Moving a Server 2008 physical server to a virtual environment: How, what, and licensing
I have a location w/ three servers:
Server 1: SBS2003, running Exchange, file sharing, DNS, DHCP for domain1 and the entire network.
Server 2: SBS2003, AD, file sharing for domain2.
Server 3: ...
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Installing KMS on a DC… good idea or bad?
What are your thoughts on installing a KMS server on a DC? Any drawbacks?
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Hosting Hyper-V VMs to customers [closed]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
So simple enough question really, I hope. I'm a little confused by Microsoft's licencing, go figure eh.
I'm maybe ...
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How does Microsoft TechNet Subscription work?
I want to use TechNet to download Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 to two virtual machines. I am not familiar with TechNet so I am hoping you can guide me in the right direction. :) In the system ...
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What's the point of Software Assurance on a MS Volume License?
I'm currently trying to buy a whole bunch of Windows 7 licenses to upgrade XP and Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 Professional.
It seems like a good time to start on an Open License agreement. Every ...
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Win 2008 Datacenter -> win 2008 standard. Is it possible?
Anyone know if there is a way to switch windows from one version (not release) to another, while also changing the licenses?
We have a couple of virtual machines in an isolated domain which have ...
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change microsoft windows OEM license to volume license? [closed]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We're in the process of migrating a large number of users to a newer version of an important software package that ...
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Diference in windows 2008 R2 editions MSDN Technet Volume License
Are there any differences when downloading a windows 2008 R2 standard edition from different sources like:
Volume License Platform
Technet
MSDN
I mean, does the one I download from technet expects ...
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Microsoft Licensing - Can I use the wrong product key? [closed]
We are in the process of moving our Microsoft software licensing from Microsoft Action Pack Subscription to Open Value Licensing. We have enough licenses for all the software that we have purchased ...
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Microsoft Remote Evaluation Service
Microsoft used to offer a service where you could connect to an evaluation system via Remote Desktop and temporarily evaluate the new software.
I believe this service existed 5+ years ago and ...
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Can windows 7 qualify for a windows XP volume license upgrade? [closed]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We've got volume license for xp professional upgrade.
My predecessor thought that was enough to be compliant.
We ...
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windows server 2000 rejecting connections
Recently, we have started getting the following error when connecting to shares on our windows 2000 server: "No more connections can be made to this remote computer at this time because there are ...
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Installing Windows 7 Upgrade Based on Windows 2000 License - can it be done? [closed]
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I have a few PCs on which I have Windows 2000 Installed.
I have recently decided to upgrade to Windows 7 (Home or ...
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How do I upgrade Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (OEM Key) to Enterprise (MSDN Key) using DISM?
(Originally asked as After upgrading to 2008 R2 Enterprise and installing more RAM, Windows can only see 4.00 GB but now I know what the question really is...)
My Dell server came preinstalled with ...
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Obtaining valid XP Professional licences? [closed]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
Hi Guys,
I realise I'm probably on a fools errand, but I gotta ask: is there any way to obtain valid, legitimate XP ...
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What's the most cost effective way of purchasing Office 2010 for 40 PCs? [closed]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
We have 40 PCs currently running Office XP Standard (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
We're finally looking to ...
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What happens if your Windows or Office Open License expires?
We have 10 copies of Office 2007 that we purchased about 2 years ago on a Microsoft Open License (no Software Assurance). I recently got an email from Microsoft saying my agreement would expire in 90 ...
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Licensing, and inconsistant instances of SQL 2008 on Amazon EC2
My company is trying to virtualize our existing application stack through amazon EC2. Our current deployment stack requires Windows server 2008, MS SQL 2008 Enterprise, and some Java stuff (for which ...
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Windows 7 CD keys, are they interchangable?
I am talking about during installation. Using regular licensing, not volume licensing.
Amongst OSes of the same class, are CD keys interchangeable or are they locked to a specific subset of CDs?
In ...
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Microsoft Certified Partner - Report [closed]
Does anyone know a way to report a company claiming to be a "Microsoft Certified Partner" when they aren't?
Or a way to truly check if they are or not?
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Windows Licensing Question [closed]
This is a fairly simple licensing question that has me confused.
We have 3 servers: SERVER1,SERVER2,SERVER3 running on Windows Server 2003.
We have 25 users.
Do I need to buy 75 user licenses for ...
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Licensing for Windows 7 Pro running in VM [closed]
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Can you help me with my software licensing question?
I'd like to install Windows 7 Pro as a VM on our ESXi server. Unfortunately Microsoft has made things extremely ...
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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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Microsoft Windows Web Server 2008 Licensing [closed]
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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 ...
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Windows web server for in-house apps? [closed]
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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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SaaS licensing on Win2k8 R2 with SQL Server 2008
I've got a product which I would like to start marketing as a SaaS product - I'm just a bit at a loss when it comes to licensing.
The product requires .NET web services, ASP.NET, and runs off of a ...
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SPLA licensing, PartNumbers and OEM setups
We've recently signed an agreement with Microsoft in order to become part of the SPLA program, wich let's us rent different licenses of MS products.
But we must before regularize our situation with ...
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Cheapest Place to Get Windows Server Licenses for Hosting
So I have a hosting business and I tired of paying M$ an up front payment for Windows Server Web 2008, it screws up the cashflow something fierce. Is there a monthly service out there, I know SPLA is ...
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KMS is rejecting my license keys
I'm trying to activate a Windows 7 Professional laptop, and I have a Windows Server 2008 on which I've activated KMS:
cscript slmgr.vbs /ipk {My_KMS_Key}
My_KMS_Key is the key from the licensing ...
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Software asset tracking without network access
I have a lot of virtual machines running various windows and linux operating systems, and various apps (eg MS-SQL) that I need to audit/keep track of.
The catch: Some of these machines are on ...
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MS licensing of multiple RDP sessions for non-MS products in Windows XP Pro [closed]
Question 1) and 2) were moved into separate thread Which Windows remote connections bypass LSA? and what r definitions of login vs. logon session?
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Do I understand correctly that multiple remote ...
