> Actually if you are using a WebServer to connect to the SQL
> Server you do not need an Internet Connector License. Internet
> Connector Licenses are for users from the internet connecting
> directly to the SQL Server as in many Win32 apps that were
> developed. Attached is the link to this information. I was
> advised of this by the Microsoft Licensing Center. You would
> need a CAL for every WebServer that will connect to the SQL
> Server and any other device from the internet that would be
> accessing the resources of the SQL Server.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/SQL/productinfo/70pricing.htm
Uh, there are a couple of problems here.
First, according to the SQL 7 pricing info in your link, if you allow access
to SQL Server through a web server, you would need to either get the
Internet Connector License, or purchase a CAL for each concurrent user,
depending on whether the users of the application are "internal" or
"public":
"Internet Connector
The Internet Connector is a license that allows an unlimited number of
devices used by Internet users access to SQL Server via your site. An
"Internet user" is any person currently connected to the Internet, other
than a person employed by you (as an employee, independent contractor, or in
any other capacity), or otherwise providing goods or services to you or on
your behalf. You must purchase an Internet Connector License for each
processor on each server that is running SQL Server or SQL Server Enterprise
Edition.
Note: Intranet and extranet applications require CALs."
Further, note that it's not the web servers which need the CALs, but rather
the end users.
Second, you have to be extremely careful when dealing with Microsoft
Licensing, as they have issued conflicting and/or confusing information in
the past.
Finally, on a slightly off-topic note, did you read this?
"Customers who require SQL Server version 7.0 for existing solutions may
still acquire additional licenses by taking advantage of the SQL Server 2000
'downgrade rights.' The downgrade rights enable customers to license SQL
Server 2000, but install and use the previous version for a reasonable
period of time."
Note those last few words: "a reasonable period of time". The implication is
that your license is good as long as Microsoft decides your use of SQL 7 is
still reasonable! As Steve Bernard noted, this is some of the evil stuff
that we'll see as a result of UCITA.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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