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Posted by David Portas on 03/22/06 17:41
mleal wrote:
> David, thanks.
>
> Last question: Thing big.
>
> How would you manage CALs from more than 300 servers, 500 databases
> used for more than 400 applications with lots of users being created
> and deleted from applications and employees that use these applications
> being hired or fired? (you need to manage if employee is active to
> count a license). At the end of year this is the number we need,
> accurate, to buy more or restart, diminish, with MS.
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> Thanks for your help.
> Marcio
The number of servers, applications and databases is irrelevant as far
as CAL numbers are concerned so the problem is much simpler than you
make it sound. I assume you are talking about CAL numbers in the
thousands or tens of thousands? Have you talked to a Microsoft
licensing specialist? I expect they can suggest an assessment of your
CAL numbers that can satisfy both you and them. At that level you
aren't expected to account for every single user. This is my opinion
not Microsoft's but I'm guessing you can use departmental head counts
or other organizational metrics as the basis for the numbers.
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