I need to buy a sql server standard edition for an intranet application.
From MS site I see that you can license sql standard edition "per server"
(=processor) at 6,000 USD or "per user" at 1,850 USD per 5 CALs.
Now I have received a quotation for a standard edition "single user".
(1) does this standard edition single user exist? I thought user=cal but
maybe I am wrong.
(2) my application is a data warehouse app (please note I not using AS)
which reads from SQL engine and distrubutes data to users. If I understand
well a single user license is fine for me.
Thank you for any comment. Licensing seems to be very hard to understand...
at least to me.
Ekrem Önsoy - 26 Aug 2008 20:54 GMT
Today, a 3-day Microsoft workshop camp started (in Istanbul) and I talked to
MS guys a lot about licensing and I unfortunately didn't get good answers to
my questions.
There are some ways to license your SQL Server copy. Here they are:
- Server + CAL (User CAL or Device CAL)
- Processor Licensing.
If you buy a processor license for your SQL Server, then you don't need to
buy CALs for it. If you buy Server + CAL (User or Device) then you'll need
to buy CALs as many as your users\devices connect to your SQL Server
Instance and benefit from it. So, if you have a lot of users then it may be
better to buy a processor license instead of Server + CAL licensing. You
should do some math about it.
You can also find some useful information about basic licensing questions
and answers from this link:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/licensing.mspx

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Ekrem Önsoy
>I need to buy a sql server standard edition for an intranet application.
> From MS site I see that you can license sql standard edition "per server"
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> understand...
> at least to me.
Sylvain Lafontaine - 27 Aug 2008 23:45 GMT
I don't understand myself what is this standard edition "single user" but if
you tell us its price, maybe we'll have a clearer picture.
As to your second question, you should explain what you mean exactly with
the verb "distributes" in the sentence "... and distributes data to users".

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>I need to buy a sql server standard edition for an intranet application.
> From MS site I see that you can license sql standard edition "per server"
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> understand...
> at least to me.