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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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Activating windows virtual machines for testing? good/bad?

I am being asked to set up a battery of windows 7 flavours for a guy over in QA using VM's so that his office isn't filled with boxen. Is the common practice to activate these temporary machines or do folks just set them up, run the tests and then…
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Explain Microsoft Licensing

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I think most of us have to buy Microsoft licences. I suspect all of us have got confused by Microsoft's licensing system before now - I know I have. Can anyone explain it…
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VMware: Make applications see Windows VM as bare metal

In a virtual environment using VMware, I want to setup a Windows license server. Unfortunately, the vendor's license server refuses to run on a VM; it must be installed on a physical machine. Since we have no physical Windows servers and don't want…
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Dell OEM XP downgrade Keys

I am working with a small company that purchases the XP downgrade when they order there computers from dell. They then apply an image to the systems, and need a CD key when it is finished. Unfortunately because it is a downgrade they only have the…
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How to determine what kind of key Win7 was activated with (retail or volume license)?

I am working with a non-profit organization that just had a pallet of computers donated to them. The computers have had their hard drives wiped so there is no operating system installed. They are a small agency and they do not have an IT…
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Downgrading Windows Server 2012 R2 to WS 2012

I would like to downgrade Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard (OEM) to Windows Server 2012 Standard, the reason being instability of WS 2012 R2, most probably caused by incompatibility with the RAID controller in my server (details follow, skip if…
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How does one aquire the installation files to go along with a volume license or their Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft?

I have a general question about how a company usually acquires the installation media needed to install software associated with volume licenses that were purchased or that they are entitled to with their Enterprise Agreement. Our company currently…
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How to release a VMware unused license from a host? New licensing scheme?

I own VMware Essentials license (6 CPU's) One of the hosts is going to be replaced with a new one. I am having trouble removing/changing the license on that host. As you can see on the image: the option to select the evaluation mode is grayed out…
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Finding Windows keys in use throughout corporation

We own a lot of Windows desktop keys (XP, Vista, and Windows 7) and have documented their usage and availability. Now the documentation has fallen behind and we don't know what keys are used where. Of course we don't want to accidentally use a…
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How can I tell what license I have on an install of SQL server, or Windows Server?

Is there any easy way to find out what license(s) are associated with a running copy of SQl Server, or Windows Server 2008? I have technet subscriptions, and an MSDN subscription, but sometimes I also use a trial software if I need to quickly get a…
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How can I get my License Key from a boot CD?

We recently acquired a server that's been in use for a while, but no associated software, logins, etc. We attempted to blank the administrator account password, but that didn't work. We also tried some deeper edits on the password, but no avail…
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Get a list of the licences of all packages on Ubuntu system

I want to check what licenses all the packages on my system is running under. It seems like this information is located in /usr/share/doc/package/copyright However this file seems like it does not have any standard format, I've been going through…
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Where can I see my CAL usage?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? We're running a SBS 2011 standard edition server and have got seven employees on different full and part time contracts and are now going to hire another person. I'm not…
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SQL Server licensing, is it per CPU? So a 32 CPU would mean like 150K in licensing?

SQL Server licensing, is it per CPU? If yes, so a 32 CPU would mean like 150K in licensing?
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Do non-IIS web servers running on Windows 2008 Server require Client Access Licenses?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? For web applications I would like to run a JBoss AS on a 64 Bit Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard system. Does the Microsoft server license allow external users to connect to…
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