If you have Software Assurance you get Cold Standby Server rights, but this is not really a seamless failover.
Now if you are virtualizing then you could do a proper test without needing to get an additional license, but this is for a machine which is usually powered off. Mike From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 December 2008 14:26 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: SBS license question I seem to remember reading somewhere that the T&C's for SBS 2008 allows you to run a backup server, a failover if you like. Is that right ? Olly ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~