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Hi all, I have recently joined a school and it is my responsibility to ensure that we have enough licenses for all our computers etc. I was wondering if there was a way that I can check to see how many licenses we currently have for Server 2003 and how it works. For example, if I were to buy two more computers then how would I know that we have enough licenses for these computers? The bursar seems to think that we need to get more licenses but I do not know who holds our licenses - nobody here seems to know how many we have or the contact details of a company who may be able to help me (previously I have used Rameseys at other schools). Can I check on the server how many CALs we have? And does it work in the same way for Exchange?

We've just moved from exchange 2003 to exchange 2007. Only about a dozen staff use outlook, the rest use web access only. 2 questions: Do I need a CAL for every PC or just the ones using outlook? I'm asking this as I don't think I need a CAL for every staff home PC where they use web access... Do I need to purchase Exchange 07 cals for all my PCs or just the new PCs that we didn't alreday have Exchange 03 cals for (and continue to use my existing exchange 03 cals)? Chris

Hi Everyone Whats the low down on SBS 2000 CAL enforcement? Does it refuse connections past the maximum CALs. Im rebuidling the SBS server and the owner is finding the CALs for me, legally were ok as we do own them, but i want to know if i can proced with the rebuild without connections being refused before we instal the CALs. Hope someone can help Regards Gary

Hi All, I've got the following Microsoft Office 2007 software and I just wonder which one is the corect one or at least can be modified for successful install in Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server through Remote Desktop ? 1. Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise 2. Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business Edition (No MS Access) 3. Microsoft Office 2007 from OEM Preinstallation Kit (so many DVD but don't know which one is correct one for installing under Terminal server). any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

As a result of replacing an admin server, I have a spare server machine which actually is better the the DC on the school NW. Therfore I would like to remove it from the admin domain and put it on the school domain, as a file server at least - possibly as a BDC. Since it is better in every way than the current PDC, I suppose the more functions I transfer the better. Question: what do I need to buy in the way of licences? It currently has 10 CALs just for SMT & admin staff: the school server has 150 per machine CALs. Never having had more than 1 server on a domain, I've never had to buy more than 1 CAL per client. For domains with multiple servers, does one need multiple CALs per client? School PDc is 2003 Server, as is the redundant admin server. (The new admin server will be 2008 Server and will have new CALs for that.)

Hi all, I am about to purchase two new servers to replace one old one that not efficient anymore. I want to ensure that I have all the right licenses. I want one server that will be the Primary Domain Controller with AD, data and Backup drive. The other server will be for Exchange, AV and printing. As each device will be connecting to both servers, does that mean each device requires two CALS? (I have already worked out that device CALs are better for us than user CALs). Also will each server require an external connector license to cover us for when staff work at home and check emails at home etc? Does each server need to have its own license too? If anyone could provide basic list of what we need then I would very much appreciate it.