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My question refers to Xp licenses. I have a domain with 12 servers and 100 XP clients. Do I need licenses for both the server and client? (100 server user licenses and 100 XP client licenses) Does each PC from Dell with XP installed constitute XP license? Thanks in advance |
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vex <vex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >My question refers to Xp licenses. I have a domain with 12 servers and 100 >XP clients. > >Do I need licenses for both the server and client? (100 server user >licenses and 100 XP client licenses) No. You need one license for each computer: twelve for the servers and 100 for the clients. >Does each PC from Dell with XP installed constitute XP license? AFAIK, each PC Dell sells comes with an OEM version of WinXP, which certainly includes a license. IANAL, nor am I an expert on the way MS interprets their license requirements. But this is how I understand things to be. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov |
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"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message news:ul63g2hkqav8aapnb759igkt2lu3trt0vo@4ax.com... > vex <vex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >>My question refers to Xp licenses. I have a domain with 12 servers and >>100 >>XP clients. >> >>Do I need licenses for both the server and client? (100 server user >>licenses and 100 XP client licenses) > > No. You need one license for each computer: twelve for the servers and > 100 for the clients. > >>Does each PC from Dell with XP installed constitute XP license? > > AFAIK, each PC Dell sells comes with an OEM version of WinXP, which > certainly includes a license. > > IANAL, nor am I an expert on the way MS interprets their license > requirements. But this is how I understand things to be. > > -- > Tim Slattery > MS MVP(DTS) > Slattery_T@bls.gov Won't the OP need to purchase a CAL for each workstation? |
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"Gordon" <gordon@gbpcomputing.co.uk.invalid> wrote: >> IANAL, nor am I an expert on the way MS interprets their license >> requirements. But this is how I understand things to be. >> >> -- >> Tim Slattery >> MS MVP(DTS) >> Slattery_T@bls.gov > > >Won't the OP need to purchase a CAL for each workstation? I guess. I said I'm not an MS licensing expert. -- Tim Slattery MS MVP(DTS) Slattery_T@bls.gov |
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On 08/09/2006 vex <vex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >My question refers to Xp licenses. I have a domain with 12 servers and 100 >XP clients. > >Do I need licenses for both the server and client? (100 server user >licenses and 100 XP client licenses) > >Does each PC from Dell with XP installed constitute XP license? > >Thanks in advance One XP license per PC (100 PCs) One Client Access License (CAL) per user (100) One server license per server (12) XP license is completely separate for Client Access License normally. You need one XP license for each PC to run Windows. You will then need one CAL per each user. CALs are the license to access the server contents. You of course need one server license per sever. -- --- Y. |
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"Yves Leclerc" wrote: > On 08/09/2006 vex <vex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > >My question refers to Xp licenses. I have a domain with 12 servers and 100 > >XP clients. > > > >Do I need licenses for both the server and client? (100 server user > >licenses and 100 XP client licenses) > > > >Does each PC from Dell with XP installed constitute XP license? > > > >Thanks in advance > > One XP license per PC (100 PCs) > > One Client Access License (CAL) per user (100) > > One server license per server (12) > > XP license is completely separate for Client Access License normally. You > need one XP license for each PC to run Windows. You will then need one CAL > per each user. CALs are the license to access the server contents. You of > course need one server license per sever. > > -- > --- > > Y. > > Each CAL allows each user to access the servers regardless of the server version. Am I correct on this? Back to XP licensing. If I have 20 Win2K clients and I want to install XP can I just buy a volume upgrade license? Does Dell keep a record of all these OEM licenses or am I supposed to go by the sticker on each box? If so, for how long? I bought 25 TS licenses and they sent some eOpen paper work. This has just been a pain. The former IT Dept had not kept track and now I have been handed the task of figuring out how many of each we need to buy. |
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vex <vex@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Each CAL allows each user to access the servers regardless of the server >version. Am I correct on this? CALs are generally for a specific server version. > >Back to XP licensing. If I have 20 Win2K clients and I want to install XP >can I just buy a volume upgrade license? Yes. > >Does Dell keep a record of all these OEM licenses or am I supposed to go by >the sticker on each box? If so, for how long? I bought 25 TS licenses and >they sent some eOpen paper work. You need to go by the stickers on the boxes. > >This has just been a pain. The former IT Dept had not kept track and now I >have been handed the task of figuring out how many of each we need to buy. Licensing compliance is always a pain. There is some software available that will help you track and even monitor software licenses and licensing compliance. You would probably have a better chance of getting well-informed answers to your questions, and suggestions for methods of resolving the issues, if you posted it to microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web as that is where many of the network people hang out. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca Syberfix Remote Computer Repair "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito." |
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