Posted by davisutt on 11/11/06 02:53

David wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are have a 5 user licenced microsoft sql server 2000 cd. We need to
> set this up to run two instances of the server, as we need different
> setups on both databases. Does anyone know if with one cd you can do
> this, so that the user licences installed are shared between the two
> instances? Also do you need a aeperate server licence per instance or
> if using the user license model we can install both instances from the
> same cd.
>
> Thanks for your help & time
>
> David

It's my understanding that with Enterprise version you can install
multiple instances per server but with Standard you can't (or you're
not supposed to). I'm pretty sure you would be able to use the same CD
to do so.

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