CAL licenses - don't understand!

Hi
I'm in the process of migrating from hosting web sites on a shared server
and just buying SQL Server DBs when I need them, to a dedicated server which
I have to administer. So now I need to buy a 'proper' copy of SQL Server as
well as the Developer Edition version I develop on.
I read everything I could find about this on the MS site and ended up none
the wiser. If I have a one-processor server serving web sites from its own
copy of IIS, am I ok with the Standard Edition plus 5 CALs? If I host 10
sites on the server, each with its own db, does this use 1 CAL or 10?
I'm so confused!
Thanks for any clarification.
Read about "multiplexing". You need to go Per Processor if you don't want to ensure that everyone
who accesses your web site has a SQL Server CAL.
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.mspx
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
"Tim P" <TimP@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I'm in the process of migrating from hosting web sites on a shared server
> and just buying SQL Server DBs when I need them, to a dedicated server which
> I have to administer. So now I need to buy a 'proper' copy of SQL Server as
> well as the Developer Edition version I develop on.
> I read everything I could find about this on the MS site and ended up none
> the wiser. If I have a one-processor server serving web sites from its own
> copy of IIS, am I ok with the Standard Edition plus 5 CALs? If I host 10
> sites on the server, each with its own db, does this use 1 CAL or 10?
> I'm so confused!
> Thanks for any clarification.
|||"Tim P" wrote:

> Hi
> I'm in the process of migrating from hosting web sites on a shared server
> and just buying SQL Server DBs when I need them, to a dedicated server which
> I have to administer. So now I need to buy a 'proper' copy of SQL Server as
> well as the Developer Edition version I develop on.
> I read everything I could find about this on the MS site and ended up none
> the wiser. If I have a one-processor server serving web sites from its own
> copy of IIS, am I ok with the Standard Edition plus 5 CALs? If I host 10
> sites on the server, each with its own db, does this use 1 CAL or 10?
> I'm so confused!
> Thanks for any clarification.
If you are hosting a publicly accessible website then you need to purchase a
Processor licence.
If you are hosting an intranet site where you can determine and control the
number of users then you have the option of Processor or CAL licensing. You
need one CAL per end-user or end-user device.
Licensing issues are often difficult and consfusing so if you have any
doubts consult a Microsoft rep or authorised dealer.
David Portas
SQL Server MVP
|||Ah, that makes sense.
Thanks guys!
"David Portas" wrote:

> "Tim P" wrote:
>
> If you are hosting a publicly accessible website then you need to purchase a
> Processor licence.
> If you are hosting an intranet site where you can determine and control the
> number of users then you have the option of Processor or CAL licensing. You
> need one CAL per end-user or end-user device.
> Licensing issues are often difficult and consfusing so if you have any
> doubts consult a Microsoft rep or authorised dealer.
> --
> David Portas
> SQL Server MVP
> --
>