Guest headgeek Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 What is the recommended way to ensure license compliance for Server CALs? In Windows 2003 there was the licensing utility but it looks like in Windows 2008 even that was removed. For the minute I am interested in Windows 2003 but also would like to know how installations ensure comliance in Windows 2008. I have read the Microsoft documentaiton and I think I understand when I need a CAL and when I don't but our installation is complex enough that it will be difficult to accurately estimate this without some software prividing an audit. We are migrating from Novell and will be a fairly large installation - 25,000 workstations/users plus about 4,000 external users and we want to make sure we stay legal. We are implementing SCCM 2007 and will be implementing SCOM but I am not sure if they provide a viable solution. Any information would be appreciated.
Guest Herb Martin Posted May 20, 2008 Posted May 20, 2008 Re: Windows Server Cal license compliance "headgeek" <headgeek@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0B24D574-30F2-4718-91C5-9955A62DCA5C@microsoft.com... > What is the recommended way to ensure license compliance for Server CALs? > In > Windows 2003 there was the licensing utility but it looks like in Windows > 2008 even that was removed. For the minute I am interested in Windows 2003 > but also would like to know how installations ensure comliance in Windows > 2008. I have read the Microsoft documentaiton and I think I understand > when I > need a CAL and when I don't but our installation is complex enough that it > will be difficult to accurately estimate this without some software > prividing > an audit. > > We are migrating from Novell and will be a fairly large installation - > 25,000 workstations/users plus about 4,000 external users and we want to > make > sure we stay legal. We are implementing SCCM 2007 and will be implementing > SCOM but I am not sure if they provide a viable solution. > > Any information would be appreciated. You may get a lot better advice than mine (and I will enjoy reading it because even though I used to work for Microsoft we were told as consultants NOT to talk about license with customers but rather to get the salespeople to do that.) Seriously that is in fact my advice: With a computer/user population of this size you almost certainly can (and should) talk to the Microsoft sales reps directly. An Enterprise level sales rep is likely assigned to your account, or will be. Baring that, your reseller sales rep will help you. Microsoft is obviously motivated for you to "stay legal" but as part of the service they will help you figure out the least expensive way to do that.
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