Wouldn't the accounts that don't need server access show up as inactive if you ran them through joe's 'oldcmp'? If so, then couldn't you get a fair approximation from:
CALs required = [Total user objects] - [user objects flagged by oldcmp] ? [Insert standard "Call your reseller for definitive licensing advice" disclaimer here.] - Laura > -----Original Message----- > From: Creamer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 3:40 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] Determining active user accounts > > We need to get a count of users that are active, so we can > make sure our purchasing of 2003 User CALs is as accurate as > possible. However, every employee of the company has an > account in Active Directory, but only a certain percentage of > those users ever access a server or need to authenticate. > What's the best way to determine how many users we need to > have a User CAL for? > > Mark Creamer > > Systems Engineer > > Cintas Corporation > > > This e-mail transmission contains information that is > intended to be confidential and privileged. If you receive > this e-mail and you are not a named addressee you are hereby > notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, > copy or disseminate this communication without the consent of > the sender and that doing so is prohibited and may be > unlawful. Please reply to the message immediately by > informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After > replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any > attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in > correcting this error is appreciated. > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
