Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:21:07 -0700

So back to my original question (we got off on a little tangent):  Will Sharepoint CAL's cover multiple portals from a single sharepoint server?
 
From the responses, I'd infer that, yes, they will since they are connecting to the same server (regardless of which portal is used), but I just want to be sure.
 
Thanks!
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Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:56 AM
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

In that case, you are really just running 2 different intranets, and yes the 30 CALs in your "hypothetical" would be sufficient.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J B
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:49 AM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

For the few extranet users we have, they do have login accounts in an AD domain on our network.
 
I appreciate all the info so far.
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Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 7:19 AM
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

You are correct, and in this case anonymous access refers to anyone not being authenticated by your servers. So if JB truly has an extranet where the people using it are outside of their control (regardless of whether their names and numbers are known) an EC is required. Running an extranet without it is not valid. If JB was to talk with MS licensing they might make an exception if the use can be proved, but without that in writing the site is not legal. I stand by my original statement, CALs for intranet (users authenticating to your servers), EC for extranet (users not authenticating to your servers). It may not be the cheapest or easiest way to go, but it is the correct way to do it.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:06 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

My interpretation is that you need an EC for anonymous availability and cals for authenticated users – one SPS cal per authenticated user enterprise wide is I think how it works. The best thing to do would be to call your MS licensing person and ask them.

 

Thanks,
Brian Desmond

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J B
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 6:46 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

 

Right, but the extranet isn't publicly available.  It's only available to a select few clients.  We'd rather purchase individual CAL's for the few extranet users at ~$71 each rather than $30K for an unlimited number.  The licensing didn't stipulate that the individual CAL's could not be used for external users.  The External Connector License option seemed to be geared toward a public sharepoint portal where you don't know how many users might be connecting to it, or would have enough connecting that would make purchasing individual CAL's unrealistic.

 

Regardless, I should clarify.  Suppose we have 20 employees, a license for Sharepoint and 30 CAL's.  We run an extranet portal for sharepoint, which those employees access, as well as say, 5 clients.  Without buying more CAL's, can we run an intranet portal for our employees using that Sharepoint server?

 

Thanks!

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Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 3:27 PM

Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

 

For your described situation a CAL would not cover both portals. Then again, if you are using it for an Extranet with CALs you are incorrectly licensed as is. An Extranet setup would require an External Connector license, as the people connecting to it are not employees of your company. Using SharePoint Portal Server for an Intranet would require either user or device CALs, just like Windows Server does.

 

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J B
Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 5:14 PM
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Are MS Sharepoint CAL's good for multiple portals?

I tried this question on the Sharepoint Newsgroup with no luck on responses.  I'd like to know if MS Sharepoint CAL's will cover multiple portals on sharepoint.  We are thinking of using sharepoint for our company intranet (we already use it for an extranet) and want to make sure we are covered if we go that route.  Does anyone know?

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