Licensing question...

• isharko

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  January 9, 2003 at 12:56 pm

  #58663

  We connect to the SQL server thru the middle tier component. 15 users running their client programs that retreive the SQL Server data thru middle tier component. Only one login is used to connect to the server. The question is how many licenses do we need to buy?

  Thanks.

• Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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  January 9, 2003 at 1:02 pm

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  Are these employees? Authenticated (to NT) users? If they are, you need to buy 1 SQL Server License and 15 CALs. Middle Tiers don't count.

  If they are Internet or unauthenticated users, you need to buy a per-CPU license.

  http://www.sqlservercentral.com/resourcecenter/sqllicensing.asp

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