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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Difference b/w connecting to SQL Server from ASP.net and Desktop application In terms on CAL?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? Why purchasing a Client Access License (CAL) for every device that accesses your server is not needed in web? If I have a CAL for 10 devices and I need one more device to…
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pix 501 encryption license reduces inside hosts to 10

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I have an unlimted pix 501 with no encryption license installed. I have applied for and received a 3DES license. When I install the 3DES license, the inside hosts goes…
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Two questions for MS SQL CE - commercial use and remote access

I am sorry but I was unable to find the answers. I know SQL CE is free. But is it free for commercial applications? Or is it free for commerical services that are not sold but are used for profit? And the second question - I know it's usually a…
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How to use Microsoft KMS server 2016 to activate a Windows Server 2008 R2

We are busy building a new environment. Most of our servers are Windows server 2016. And so is our KMS server. To run some old applications, we need to activate a few Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems (Via Citrix PVS). When I add the…
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Vmware EULA - Essentials and vSphere Standard same site

Can a company run a vSphere Essentials cluster and maintain a vSphere Standard cluster at the same time and still be in license compliance in the VMware EULA? No requirement for all hosts to be managed by one vCenter server.
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Trying to understand Microsoft SQL and Windows Server licensing

I'm trying to understand how many licenses I'm supposed to purchase and check if I have the correct amount of purchased licenses. I have Windows Servers & SQL Servers in virtual environment. From my understanding: Windows Server only: Server with…
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Can I access a Windows 2016 server from a 2012 client through a 2012 server?

We have a bunch of thin clients with Server 2012 CALs. These thin clients mostly run RDP to a Windows 2012 server We want to put a SQL Server 2016 install on a Windows 2016 server. These are all separately licensed. Programs running on the 2012…
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Network-wide audit / discovery / asset tracking / license tracking

I'm interested in network wide audit info, and after some recommendations: OS (mainly windows; ideally server and workstation) apps (for license tracking) etc Happy to consider free and commercial (although free covered here) - or even outsourced…
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Remote Desktop Connection licensing error

I am using OpenVPN to connect my server, and after I start openvpn, service works, i can ping my servers, I even can connect to other servers, but on this one specific i get error after long time waiting: Any sugestions what to do. From other…
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SharePoint licencing required for a school portal

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? In the UK the predominant operator of School Management Information Systems have product called Learning Gateway that is expressed as WebParts their use case is SharePoint,…
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SCCM licensing on a Hyper-V cluster

We have two Microsoft Private Clouds: one consists of 8 nodes (each with two processors) and the other consists of 4 nodes (each with two processors). Call them Private Cloud A and Private Cloud B. Each node is currently licensed on our EA with a…
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Different Product Key & License in Microsoft Volume License and What is MAK Activations Used/Available*?

First, I dont familiar with windows volume license ... My company give me an access to check how many windows os license left In Microsoft Volume License, in menu License summary its show some thing like this : first image I have questions : It's…
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Server 2012 RD Licensing Issue - No RD Client Cals

Running Server 2012 with RDS We have one device which employees use to access an app on a particular server, I brought a Device CAL for this, no problems accessing through this device. I occasionally administer the server using the Administrator…
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Installing Server 2012 User CAL's from MPSA agreement

we have today received confirmation on our new MPSA agreement that our Server 2012 R2 Server and User CAL's have been added. I have installed the RD Licensing Manager on the 2012 R2 Standard server and activated it. When I go to add the CAL's, I do…
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Factory reset Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Virtual Machines

I have two Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition Virtual Machines running on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Edition with Hyper-V role. As a student, I've been playing around with the virtual machines and trying various modifications to test its…