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Questions tagged [licensing]

A probably off-topic question relating to the terms and conditions under which a piece of software is permitted to be used by those others. Per the FAQ, licensing questions are generally off topic on SeverFault.

Licensing, in the context of IT, typically refers to the terms and conditions under which a piece of software is permitted to be used by others. Per the FAQ, typical licensing questions are off topic on SeverFault.

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Windows Server 2008 Standard vs. Web

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I'm currently comparing Windows Server 2008 versions to see what to use. What i found is this, that might affect me: RAM: 32GB. (the same) Sockets: 4 (the same) Remote…
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Exchange 2010 Enterprise CAL

I feel kind of silly asking this question but I can't seem to find on how to check if I have enterprise CAL installed on Exchange 2010. If I don't have one activated/installed, how do I activate enterprise CAL after purchasing it? I know this is a…
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Applying the virtual licence for HyperV server

I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2 with HyperV. We have a virtual image dev environment running in the virtual machine, which comes under Microsoft's licensing; one real, and one virtual machine on Windows 2008 Standard Server. However I can't find…
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Windows 2008 R2 -- Generate new activation key for cloned machine?

We have two Windows Server 2008 R2 servers (VMs), but because of cloning the VMs, they have the same activation ID. This is causing issues with our Carbonite Pro backup, which is seeing the machines as the same due to having the same activation…
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ESXi 4.1 licensing

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I have a server running ESXi 4.1 with an expired evaluation license. I tried to register a free license with VMware, but all I managed to obtain is a free ESXi 5.0 license.…
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How does KMS (Windows Server 2008 R2) differentiate clients?

I have recently installed a KMS Server in our domain and deployed 75 new Windows 7 machines using an image I made using Acronis True Image. There are 2 variations of this image rolled out currently. When I go to activate the machines it returns that…
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Is it legal to install WIndows 7 Professional (OEM) on VMWare?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing issue? I recently heard that Microsoft allow you to install OEM version of windows 7 into Virtual Machine. I'm not 100% sure whether it is true or not and would like to re-confirm…
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How to remove automatically the licences for Citrix Access Essentials?

We have purchased 20 licenses for Citrix Access Essentials (CAE) and there are 30 potential users and only will be 15 concurrent. The way to not purchase more licenses is to manually revoke licenses through the Administration tool. There is any way…
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Moving a Server 2008 physical server to a virtual environment: How, what, and licensing

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I have a location w/ three servers: Server 1: SBS2003, running Exchange, file sharing, DNS, DHCP for domain1 and the entire network. Server 2: SBS2003, AD, file sharing for…
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Can I use SQL Server tools (like Management Studio, profiler) on any number of computers?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? We have bought SQL Server Enterprise version. Can we install client tools on any number of computers to connect to the database?
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Clients getting sent wrong Term Serv CAL, getting Temp instead of installed CAL

I have Win Server 2008R2 with RDS role and then another 2008R2 DC that is also the license server. When I first installed the RDS server I did not have CAL licenses at the time so the users were getting temp per device CAL. A few days later I…
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TS 2008 Per User CAL Report

I am having an issue with a Win7 machine rdping into a windows server 2008 std TS server. I get the following error in the event log when I try logging in. Event ID 1004 The terminal server cannot issue a client license. It was unable to issue…
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TechNet, licensing and virtual machines (VM)

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I have a TechNet Subscription and have (1) Windows Server 2008 product key. It says this type is MultipleActivation. My question is... if I installed the key on a VM, and…
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Hosting Hyper-V VMs to customers

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? So simple enough question really, I hope. I'm a little confused by Microsoft's licencing, go figure eh. I'm maybe looking at providing Hyper-V virtual machines for rental,…
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Best practice for floating license purchases?

Is there a best practice for determining how many floating licenses of a product to buy? I need to purchase Rational Rose for 15 developers, but I'm unsure as to how to determine how many floating licenses that will translate to. Since this is a…
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