SBS 2003 Licensing

Windows Vista News — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 16:45:18 GMT

There is an interesting post over at blogs.technet.com

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Vishal Pipraiya — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:44:20 GMT

Excellent post. I am going to use this as a triage if you don't mind.

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moloyt — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:45:48 GMT

Sure dude!! You are most welcome to spread the knowledge. :)

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Vishal Pipraiya — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:29:19 GMT

Thanks, everyone loved it!

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Girish.Rajan — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:31:05 GMT

Indeed a nice post!

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Mike — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 03:19:29 GMT

I have User Cals with my SBS? When a user logs off, does that free up the license? There doesnt seem to be a way to track the licenses with User Cals.

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moloyt — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:09:43 GMT

As already mentioned in the post, the SBS CALs are not by concurrent connections. They are per user or per device regardless if the user or device is currently connected or not. The Licensing section under Server Management would give you an indicative number of CALs (both User and Device combined) usage.

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Mike — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:16:34 GMT

Sorry, read it more carefully after I wrote the post.

If I needed to free a license using User Cals, do i have to delete the user or can I just disable the user? Cant seem to find a straight answer on Microsofts sight.

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Mike — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:57:19 GMT

Went to the source and called Microsoft. With User cals its unmanaged meaning the server doesnt keep track of it. So your on the honor system with User Cals.

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PC Manpower — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:30:56 GMT

I am interested to know if you have a Retail version of SBS 2003, would it be possible to use OEM CALs for the same or would you need to purchase Retail CALs

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moloyt — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:37:25 GMT

No. You can't. OEM CALs is tied to the server they are installed on. Hence, it lives and dies with it. However, if you purchase Software within 90 days of purchasing OEM SBS, you can transfer it to a different hardware even if the hardware does not belong to OEM.

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Irfan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:17:54 GMT

Hi,

I have a server with 5 Device CALs - 5 desktop. However now, they are being used by 4 machines now, since one of them is very slow.

We bought a new one to replace it, how do I transfer the license to the new one.

Can I deactivate a license in a machine and activate in another.

Any help would be great...

Thanks

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moloyt — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:06:56 GMT

One you disjoin the problematic machine from the domain and remove the computer object for the same from the AD, the CAL associated with that is released and now can be used with a new machine you join to the domain.

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Abebullets — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:59:45 GMT

We have SBS 2003. We have 55 device licenses in our SBS system. How can I tell which devices are using licenses? How can I even tell for sure if we are using user or device licensing?

All I see from the server management report is that we have 55 users licenss installed and the maximum licenses is at 55. Does that mean that if I add a new device to the network or domain that it won't connect? I have not seen any errors related to this yet? How can I manage these licenses in regards to my devices?

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David Chilcote — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:52:23 GMT

Molly;

I have two Window's vista Machines that belong to our Domain on the SBS 2003. How do I disjoin them and take them away, utilizing all the information on them as stand alone systems?

David Chilcote

chilcote1@comcast.net

david@homehealthrecruiter.com

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eflores70 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:23:24 GMT

Can I deactivate 2 pack of 5 SBS CAL per Device each one; and to translate and activate in another server with Windows 2003 Server?

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moloyt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:29:04 GMT

@eflores78

No. SBS CALs are different from Windows 2003 Server CALs.