Did you install the ConfigMgr client on the Distribution Points, or just set them up as DPs? Installing the DP role on a server *does not require a license* for that server, but if you install the client on the DP as well, then it DOES require a license because you are managing that server as a client.
-Phil From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of David McSpadden Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 4:18 PM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [mssms] RE: OT: Licensing SCCM Distribution Points They are stating my member servers are being managed and require licenses because they are endpoints being managed. If that were true are the workstation/laptops also managed and require licenses? It is getting frustrating. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jay Parekh Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 3:57 PM To: Jason Sandys <ja...@sandys.us<mailto:ja...@sandys.us>>; mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [mssms] RE: OT: Licensing SCCM Distribution Points Agreed. Jason’s link says it all. Also there is a PDF that you can download with little more details. Don’t let them sell you SQL too. I had clients that were told they had to buy SQL license as well from their LSP (used to be called LAR). SQL Standard should be part of the System Center license but only allowed to house the SC databases and nothing else. It all boils down to this one line: License required only for endpoints being managed! Jay Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 From: Jason Sandys<mailto:ja...@sandys.us> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2016 9:09 AM To: mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: Re: [mssms] RE: OT: Licensing SCCM Distribution Points OMG. Run away, don’t walk. There’s no reason for you to have MSDN either. See https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Licensing/product-licensing/system-center-2012-r2.aspx. The FAQ pretty much covers all of the details. J From: <listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com>> on behalf of David McSpadden <dav...@imcu.com<mailto:dav...@imcu.com>> Reply-To: "mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>" <mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>> Date: Friday, June 10, 2016 at 5:15 PM To: "mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>" <mssms@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mssms@lists.myitforum.com>> Subject: [mssms] RE: OT: Licensing SCCM Distribution Points Here is what I received: (We are SCCM 2012R2 with 1 Primary Site and 25 DP’s (Not BDPs sorry for the misinformation) and we have Systems CALS in our Core CAL licensing already.) Good Afternoon David, Thanks again for your time today, it was a pleasure to speak with you. Please see the attached updated IFCU SAM baseline workbook. It has all the granular data we used to put together the assessment as well as the summary of gap analysis. In terms of actual gap – here’s what I have for now. The following are pending. A) System Center – the gap may go down if I can find any documentation which supports not licensing Distribution Points. I’ve spent the time since our call researching this and I haven’t found anything definitive within the Product Rights or Licensing guide that says this. I’m willing to dive deeper into it on Monday. B) MSDN – Some sort of MSDN needs to be purchased for the administration of your test machines because you don’t have actual developers. MSDN Platforms is probably the Edition that would suit you the best, but I will let you review and confirm. Here is a link that compares V studio 2015 offerings. https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/compare-visual-studio-2015-products-vs.aspx Here is a summary of the current gaps: License Gaps Application Shortage notes Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter [per 2-processor] 3 Double checking System Center - re Distribution Points. 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