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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2006-01-25 : 08:20:50
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| Nick writes "I am trying to figure out which Standard Edition SQL I need to purchase. We are currently running MSDE and need to upgrade to SQL due to growth. We are using a medical billing software that will be linked into SQL. My question is, since we are accessing SQL through the billing software (each user has their own login), do we need a CAL for each user? or is there only ONE user, since technically the only thing actually utilizing SQL is the billing software?If we did purchase multile CAL to account for various number of users, can we value each connection as concurrent, since users are not logging directly into SQL? In this scenario, I believe we should be primed for 1 CAL = 1 User. The reason I ask this - we have 15 medical billing licenses right now - but 30 people logging in at various times - 15 in daytime and 15 in night time. And then people login from home as well. " |
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jen
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Posted - 2006-01-25 : 22:30:38
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| CALs are per unique device connecting to the server, in case of webserver it is assumed as n-number of devices which calls for per processor licensing.HTH--------------------keeping it simple... |
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