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Can you help me with my software licensing question?

My asp.net web app is using one sql server account to work. i need to buy sql server standart edition. i wonder to know if only one cal is enough or must buy one cal for each user i will serve.

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rdonuk
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It depends.

  • If you can count every user (eg Corporate Intranet) you need one CAL per user/device
  • If you can not count your users (eg Internet) you need Processor Licenses

The latter does not mean "registered users": it means any potentil user on your site, or 6 billion CALs.

Sometime Processor licensing is cheaper for a Corporate Intranet

Read the Microsoft SQL Server Licensing info and call them

One CAL for your web server is not enough

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CALs really only make sense when you have actual SQL client applications that you can count.

For any other situation (especially those involving web sites backed by databases) you need per-CPU licenses.

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