V2 External Licence issues

I am developing a Portal on SPP 2003 I have a fully licensed version with
CALS for the Portal. When I installed this software it also installed WSS.
My idea is to use the Portal for internal office usage and use WSS sites off
this for external access. If I use http://spp.mydomain/sites/WSS1 does this
break any external licence issues?

Thanks

Hisham
Thu Dec 04 13:13:12 CST 2003

Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) does not require a license at all. Its a
free add-on to Windows Server 2003.

"Dave" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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> I am developing a Portal on SPP 2003 I have a fully licensed version with
> CALS for the Portal. When I installed this software it also installed
WSS.
> My idea is to use the Portal for internal office usage and use WSS sites
off
> this for external access. If I use http://spp.mydomain/sites/WSS1 does
this
> break any external licence issues?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>

Geoff
Thu Dec 04 15:56:38 CST 2003

"Hisham Baz" <hishamb - avanade - com - removetoreply> wrote in message
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> Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) does not require a license at all. Its
a
> free add-on to Windows Server 2003.
>

Well, I don't think this is the full story. Yes, you can download WSS as a
"free" add-on. But remember that WSS uses SQL Server technology under the
covers, and then we get into Client Access License territory.

You should note that Microsoft has put up a page: Supplemental Licensing
Information for Windows SharePoint Services
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/sharepoint.ms
px)

If I'm interpreting this correctly, it essentially says that WSS is subject
to exactly the same licensing conditions as Windows Server 2003 standard and
enterprise editions - in other words, you need CALs for any user (or device)
that is going to access a WSS site - because of the fact that SQL Server is
under the covers. And if you have Internet users accessing your WSS site,
then you need the External Connector License option - a cool $30K, I
believe...

Geoff Coupe

Hisham
Mon Dec 08 16:59:16 CST 2003

After some research, I found that you can purchase the Windows Server
External License Connector instead of the SharePoint ELC. This retails at
$2000 and lets you expose your WSS sites to the internet.

- Hisham Baz

"Geoff Coupe" <gcoupe@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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> "Hisham Baz" <hishamb - avanade - com - removetoreply> wrote in message
> news:upH36qpuDHA.2408@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> > Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) does not require a license at all.
Its
> a
> > free add-on to Windows Server 2003.
> >
>
> Well, I don't think this is the full story. Yes, you can download WSS as a
> "free" add-on. But remember that WSS uses SQL Server technology under the
> covers, and then we get into Client Access License territory.
>
> You should note that Microsoft has put up a page: Supplemental Licensing
> Information for Windows SharePoint Services
>
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/sharepoint.ms
> px)
>
> If I'm interpreting this correctly, it essentially says that WSS is
subject
> to exactly the same licensing conditions as Windows Server 2003 standard
and
> enterprise editions - in other words, you need CALs for any user (or
device)
> that is going to access a WSS site - because of the fact that SQL Server
is
> under the covers. And if you have Internet users accessing your WSS site,
> then you need the External Connector License option - a cool $30K, I
> believe...
>
> Geoff Coupe
>
>