Any bad experiences switching licenses from server mode to user mo

[Guest Lynnex1138]

We have seven servers on our domain, 6 are domain controllers. We are about

to switch our licensing from per server to per user mode. Right now the

numbers reflected in the license manager do not make sense and I've been told

by others the license manager is unreliable anyway and should be ignored.

 

Has anyone made this switch and had a bad experience? I was going to pick

one server that would have the least impact on the network if something went

wrong yet still provide a good test.

 

 

Any feedback on unexpected/bad results happening with the switch from per

server to per user is greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Any bad experiences switching licenses from server mode to user mo

 

Hello Lynnex1138,

 

The only you have to remmeber is that it is a oneway change, you can not

switch back. But normally it should work without problem.

 

See also here about CAL's:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/sam/lic_cal.mspx

 

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/caloverview.mspx

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> We have seven servers on our domain, 6 are domain controllers. We are

> about to switch our licensing from per server to per user mode. Right

> now the numbers reflected in the license manager do not make sense and

> I've been told by others the license manager is unreliable anyway and

> should be ignored.

>

> Has anyone made this switch and had a bad experience? I was going to

> pick one server that would have the least impact on the network if

> something went wrong yet still provide a good test.

>

> Any feedback on unexpected/bad results happening with the switch from

> per server to per user is greatly appreciated!

>

> Thanks!

>