I am supplying a client with a windows 2000 server, and
he is asking why he needs the CALs, i'm not very good at
explaining things, and wondered if anyone could help me.
George
That is to make use of Clients on the Server legal, it stands
for Client Access License.
The basic Windows 2000 Server package usually has 5 CAL's
included (so it is legal to have 5 Client connections to this
Server), additional CAL's must be purchased from Microsoft.
During Windows 2000 Server installation you are asked for
license mode (per Server or per Seat), if the option Per Server
is selected you have to fill in the number of concurrent
connections.
Anyway, the number of concurrent connections or the actual
number of Seats must match your number of purchased CAL's to
work legal.
One Client can use more than one concurrent connection, the per
Server option is when you want to save money and purchase less
CAL's than the total number of Client machines (with having in
mind not all of them need to have access at the same time).
If you want to be sure all Clients can have full access to the
Server all the time, it is better to select per Seat (this looks
for the number of Clients and not to the number of concurrent
connections).
Technically selecting per Seat works all the time, no matter how
many CAL's you have purchased. It might not be legal though!~
Anyone, correct me if I'm wrong.
