Henry
Sat Apr 23 19:20:54 CDT 2005
In SBS 2000 each DEVICE that connects to the Domain requires an SBS CAL.
So, unless you locate the Member Server in a DMZ outside of the SBS
Domain, each Workstation, Device, and Home Workstation will need it's
own SBS CAL. ( and this does not refer to Concurrent Usage - if 10
people need to connect from home each will require an SBS CAL at home
regardless of how may are actually connected at any one time )
In SBS 2003 the Licensing is changed:
Everyone that authenticates to the SBServer is required to be covered by
an SBS 2003 User or a Device CAL.
Access to File and Print on the Member Server is covered by the SBS 2003
CALs ( So you don't actually need the Windows Server CALs )
The Member Server consumes 1 SBS 2003 CAL in authenticating to the
SBServer.
Device CALs allow everyone who authenticates to the SBServer to do so
legally under the auspices of that Device CAL.
User CALs allow the user to legally authenticate to the SBServer
form -any- device under the auspices of their User CAL
So, in your case if you assign User CALs to those users who will connect
from home, then whether they log on via the SBServer at work, on the
road, or at home, they are covered by their User CAL.
( For Machines at the office that are being shared by users without User
CALs - eg Shift workers - assign Device CALs ).
It may pay you to upgrade rather than buy additional CALs.
--
Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
CI Information Technology
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Melbourne SBS Users Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/melb-SBSusers/
"GregH" <GregH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43F47691-7F31-4157-829C-B4B368B8483D@microsoft.com...
> Hello
> Hope someone can help me on this. I have one SBS 2000 as a DC and one
> Win
> Server 2003 machine with IIS as standalone but part of the domain. I
> want
> employees to access the IIS machine from home, via web browser to get
> to IIS.
> This is not a public web server. How do I license this? I have 25
> CAL's
> for SBS and the 5 CALs that come with 2003. Currently the 25 CAL's
> are
> reaching capacity. Would I need to buy more CALs for SBS2000 or is
> the 5
> CALs that 2003 be sufficient enough? Only a few employees at a time
> are
> planning on using IIS at a time.
>
> Thanks
> Greg Ho