SQL 2005 Licensing

• thedom4302

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  January 17, 2007 at 6:46 pm

  #171916

  Hi

  Can anyone tell me if i purchase SQL2005 standard with 5 cals, whether it will allow more than 5 users connected as my numbers are up and down and i dont want to purchase too many cals for startup of project.

  I know with sql2000 its ok to go over.

  Thanks

  Dom

• MohammedU

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  January 22, 2007 at 12:42 pm

  #684775

  I don't think it allows more than five at a give time to the servers...

  Check the following articles/docs...

  http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/D/9/8D9C8944-4F1A-438F-B519-ABDFE3344F37/SQL_Server_2005_Licensing.doc

  http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3502746

   

  MohammedU
  Microsoft SQL Server MVP