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re: Server 2003 5 cal query
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 9:01 pm
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Posted by Charlie (83 messages posted)


Only five can legally connect at a time according to the MS policy.  CAL is Client 
Access License, which means only X amount of users can access the server, regardless 
of their own individual Windows' license.






On Friday, May 19, 2006 at 12:34 am, Jonifresh wrote:
>Good Morning
>
>I have acquired a computer with Server 2003 5 CAL installed. It has a COA sticker
>attached to the side of the case.
>I was thinking of using this for a small business of 8 computers, but I do still
>not understand the licensing terms correctly.
>I have looked on Microsoft’s website but still a little unclear.
>The company has 8 computers, 1 user account per computer. All computers have there
>own Windows XP Pro / Windows XP home Licences
>Which are either OEM or Retail boxed. So my question is can these 8x users connect
>to the Server or can only 5x users connect because of the 5 CAL
>Licence.
>
>Thanks for any info
>
>
>Joni



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