SBS 2003 CAL Question

I'm adding a Win2003 Server to my SBS 2000 network as a member server to do
file sharing. I will need to by CALS for this since I assume that the SBS
2000 CALS do not cover Windows 2003 server.

If I purchase the upgrade to SBS 2003, with the corresponding SBS CALs, will
those cover the Win2003 server as well? I have heard speculation that they
do, but nothing definite, and I can't find it on the MS SBS web site.

By the way, interesting Dell pricing: SBS 2003 Standard $399, Windows 2003
Server $799, SBS 2000 $1199. I could save $400 by buying SBS 2003 and
tossing the other apps, but I don't think the existing SBS would like it
much.

Javier
Thu Nov 20 13:15:00 CST 2003

Hi Dave!

> I'm adding a Win2003 Server to my SBS 2000 network as a member server to
do
> file sharing. I will need to by CALS for this since I assume that the SBS
> 2000 CALS do not cover Windows 2003 server.

That is correct.

> If I purchase the upgrade to SBS 2003, with the corresponding SBS CALs,
will
> those cover the Win2003 server as well? I have heard speculation that
they
> do, but nothing definite, and I can't find it on the MS SBS web site.

I will look if I find the link... but this has been confirmed by MS
personnel (and I could swear that I have seen it somewhere written). In
fact, if I remember correctly in SBS2k3 the CALs cover even Win2k3/2k/NT
servers (something that SBS2k doesn't do).

BTW-> to get upgrade pricing on CALs (2k->2k3) you will have to wait at
least a month.

> By the way, interesting Dell pricing: SBS 2003 Standard $399, Windows
2003
> Server $799, SBS 2000 $1199. I could save $400 by buying SBS 2003 and
> tossing the other apps, but I don't think the existing SBS would like it
> much.

What other apps? :-)

Cheers,

--
-Javier

<< SBS ROCKS !!! >>

Dave
Thu Nov 20 14:00:21 CST 2003

What I meant was, if I could buy SBS 2003 and dump exchange, etc. I'd be
left with win2003 server for $399 instead of $799. It just seems crazy that
you get the OS and exchange for $400 less than the OS alone. In buying this
server, it seems like I've found quite a bit of weird pricing. In addition
to the OS thing, a gig of ram is $730 installed in the server, but Dell
memory purchased separately from Dell and installed myself is $238.

Thanks for the info, Javier.


"Javier Gomez" <javier_gomez@remove.this.bit.engineer.com> wrote in message
news:uJpfP15rDHA.3456@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dave!
>
> > I'm adding a Win2003 Server to my SBS 2000 network as a member server to
> do
> > file sharing. I will need to by CALS for this since I assume that the
SBS
> > 2000 CALS do not cover Windows 2003 server.
>
> That is correct.
>
> > If I purchase the upgrade to SBS 2003, with the corresponding SBS CALs,
> will
> > those cover the Win2003 server as well? I have heard speculation that
> they
> > do, but nothing definite, and I can't find it on the MS SBS web site.
>
> I will look if I find the link... but this has been confirmed by MS
> personnel (and I could swear that I have seen it somewhere written). In
> fact, if I remember correctly in SBS2k3 the CALs cover even Win2k3/2k/NT
> servers (something that SBS2k doesn't do).
>
> BTW-> to get upgrade pricing on CALs (2k->2k3) you will have to wait at
> least a month.
>
> > By the way, interesting Dell pricing: SBS 2003 Standard $399, Windows
> 2003
> > Server $799, SBS 2000 $1199. I could save $400 by buying SBS 2003 and
> > tossing the other apps, but I don't think the existing SBS would like it
> > much.
>
> What other apps? :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> -Javier
>
> << SBS ROCKS !!! >>
>
>