Windows 2000 licensing??

[AeroSnoop]

This has been nagging me as of late and everywhere I check I cannot get a clear answer, even from MS reps!

I am setting up a network for a small company of 8 workstations and 1 server. We will be installing either 'Windows 2000 server' or 'Small Business Server 2000' on the server itself, and Windows 2000 Pro on each workstation. With Windows 95 and 98 you have to also buy client access licenses, or CALs. Is this still the case with Win2kpro? I heard somewhere that win2kpro comes with a CAL already. Am I wrong? Is the licensing structure different between regular win2k server and SBS 2000 server? Thanks goes out to anyone working in the IT field who can give me some insight..

One last word.. This is for a real company so I'm trying to keep everything legal here.

AeroSnoop

 

[err]

Ok, in your case, I believe you need to purchase the following:

8 Windows 2000 Pro client license
1 Windows 2000 Server license
8 or more Client access license for win2k server (most of the time CAL is bundled with Win2K server package)

As for your Small business server, I can't remember what it include, but lets say you're going to use SMS, Exchange and SQL.

You need seperate CAL for each products. I believe Proxy doesn't need CALs.

So in shodt CALs are confusing, yes.. you need to go to MS website and see how each product's CAL is sturctured.

eRr