SBS200 Licensing

Hi

I have a question about SBS 2000 and CALS. I know that there is a maximum
limit of 50 concurrent users on SBS.

If you have network with a SBS server with 15 CALS and 14 -16 computers.
Some of these computers are laptops and are not on the network all the time.
We've been having some problems where the server will suddenly denies access
to a folder on the server. The only solution to gain access to the folder is
to restart the computer and log on again.

The question is, will SBS deny access to resources if you exceed the number
of CALS you have? How does SBS monitor the number of concurrent connections
and is there a way to check whether a computer that has disconnected from
the network is not using a CAL.

Thanks

Javier
Wed Aug 20 10:34:16 CDT 2003

Legal-wise-> You have 16 computers you need 16 CALs... that's it. No matter
if some are used sporadicaly or not... it is not licensed per concurrent
connection... is per device.

Enforcement-wise-> SBS will deny more connections when it has reached 15
concurrent connections (in your case with 15 CALs).

Bottomline-> Get another 5 CAL pack.

-Javier

"Shawn" <shawn@netsurit.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I have a question about SBS 2000 and CALS. I know that there is a maximum
> limit of 50 concurrent users on SBS.
>
> If you have network with a SBS server with 15 CALS and 14 -16 computers.
> Some of these computers are laptops and are not on the network all the
time.
> We've been having some problems where the server will suddenly denies
access
> to a folder on the server. The only solution to gain access to the folder
is
> to restart the computer and log on again.
>
> The question is, will SBS deny access to resources if you exceed the
number
> of CALS you have? How does SBS monitor the number of concurrent
connections
> and is there a way to check whether a computer that has disconnected from
> the network is not using a CAL.
>
> Thanks
>
>