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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I have a KMS/MAC key for Excel 2010, where can I download the media?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I need to get the stand alone version of Excel 2010 installed on a server. I have the KMS/MAC key for it but I can't find the media to download anywhere. All I can find is…
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Under what license cloud providers offer windows instances?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I am wondering which license does those cloud providers use for their windows instances they provide? I mean suppose if they buy windows server 2008 with 10 client license…
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windows server CLT vs CAL

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? What's the difference between windows server CAL and CLT license for attached workstations? For example i have Microsoft Windows Server Standard 2008 R2 64Bit 10 Clt and…
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How to switch license servers for MATLAB clients?

Anyone know how you get a client to switch license servers? I just installed R2009a and typed in the wrong license server (we still have an old server running R2006, I pointed to that by mistake); I really don't want to uninstall/reinstall the whole…
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Terminal Server Licensing with citrix?

We are installing Citrix XenApp 6. Our plan is to have a "citrix control" server to serve as license server and print server, and 2 citrix servers with Microsoft Terminal Sever service installed. Now, my question: the 2 terminal servers are asking…
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Citrix XenApp 6, cannot connect to licenceserver

i try to install Citrix XenApp, first install Webinterface und XenApp to one Server and licence-manager to an other server. I can connect to Port 27000 on licenceserver with telnet and can go to Webinterface from licence-server. On the XenApp Server…
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Accessing Remote Desktop without Terminal Services on Windows 2003

We have a Windows 2003 server that out of the box we installed and ran Terminal Services. Now however the trial period is over and I am getting an error looking for a licence. Remote Desktop Disconnected The remote session was disconnected because…
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SQL Server 2008 update License

How can I change my SQL Server 2008 license? I have the Enterprise Edition installed with a 90-day key and it will expire on 7 days. Two months ago, I purchased the final one but I don't know how to install/change to the new one. Is there a legal…
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Deleting terminal services CALs

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? We are using volume licensed CALs and I need to remove some of the installed CALs, but as far as I can tell, there is no procedure to do this.
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Remote desktop license error when connecting to a W2K8

I'm having a problem with 1 user who can not connect to any W2K8 servers (cliet OS is Windows Vista). He keeps getting the error bellow: "The remote computer disconnected the session due to an error in the licensing protocol. Try again or contact…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server license issues

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I want to run Office 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2 via terminal services. I have the key for Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and I have the CALs for Windows Terminal Server…
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Win 2008 Datacenter -> win 2008 standard. Is it possible?

Anyone know if there is a way to switch windows from one version (not release) to another, while also changing the licenses? We have a couple of virtual machines in an isolated domain which have been installed on a box using 2008 datacenter. These…
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The remote computer disconnected the session because of an error in the licensing protocol

I have a Terminal Services user who is getting the error below when they try to RDP from a new PC that I have moved them to. We have 4 other TS users, neither of whom are having any problem connecting. "The remote computer disconnected the session…
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Sharepoint Foundation License Costs

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? This question keeps getting asked however I could never get a straight answer. So I'm asking it clearer: If I have Windows 2008 R2 Web edition and I'm using Sharepoint…
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Microsoft Remote Evaluation Service

Microsoft used to offer a service where you could connect to an evaluation system via Remote Desktop and temporarily evaluate the new software. I believe this service existed 5+ years ago and Microsoft has since moved onto only offering Virtual…
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