Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 09/26/44 11:47

Pashkuale (sorry@nomail.com) writes:
> Hi to everyone, probably it's a faq but I did not find a sure answer.
>
> A customer has a Sql Server 2000 standard installed in 1server/5CAL
> licensing mode, in a windows 2000 server.
> Does this type of installation limit the further connections (occourred in
> same or distinct sql accounts) that exceed the 5 client/user?
> And if this connections aren't limited, are these further connections
> penalized by the query governor like MSDE does?
>
> In short, is the CAL licensing mode only a legal issue without affecting
> or limiting the performance of the exceeding connections?

It's only a legal issue.

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Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esquel@sommarskog.se

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