Chad
Fri Dec 26 17:01:25 CST 2003
Count how many unique devices have ever accessed & authenticated with your
server, subtract the number of one-time CAL transfers you used, and that's
the number of licenses that are in use.
SBS2k licensing is per device - not per concurrent connection. Once a
device authenticates with your server and accesses LAN resources, it
consumes a CAL, and retains that CAL indefinitely. We are granted the right
to transfer a given CAL once (and only once) to another device.
However, SBS does not have the ability to track this license model and in
fact only counts concurrent connections. So, to get an idea of how many
licenses are in use (as far as what the SBS counts) - go into Computer
Management on your server, expand Shared Folders and select Sessions. Count
the number of unique devices listed in the active sessions and that's really
close to how many CALs your SBS thinks you're using at the moment . . .
--
Chad A. Gross [SBS-MVP]
SBS ROCKS!!!
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:018601c3cbed$4cf0c100$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> That does not show me the current license usage. I need to
> know how many licenses are in use & by whom, not how many
> are installed.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Open up SBS Admin Console, on the far right, under
> Helpful Links, click on
> >the "About" link. This will tell you how many licenses
> you have installed.
> >
> >-kw
> >
> ><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:00b401c3cbdb$f3717040$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Where do I locate current license usage in SBS2000? I
> know
> >> where to add liceses, but cannot find how many licenses
> >> are in use or by whom?
> >>
> >> Please advise.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> >.
> >