Most web hosts are using web edition. Regards,
Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Andy Ognenoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 10:19 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Client licenses for web apps (was: AD in the DMZ) Can anyone confirm this? If that's how the license was intended I would think that would kill Windows as a hosting platform for the majority people. - Andy O. >-----Original Message----- >From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:09 AM >To: NT System Admin Issues >Subject: Client licenses for web apps (was: AD in the DMZ) > >On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Michael B. Smith ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Obviously, you haven't yet thought about licensing. >> Why not use application authentication instead of a/d authentication? > > The way I read the Microsoft licensing documentation, it doesn't >matter how you authenticate the user. You need a client license (CAL >or ECL) any time you individually identified a person. So even if >you're running Apache and phpBB, you need a client license for every >phpBB user account. The exception being if you're using Web Server >Edition. > > Reference: > >"[You need a client license unless] access to the instances of server >software is only through the Internet without being authenticated or >otherwise individually identified by the server software or **through >any other means**." (Emphasis mine.) > >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/client-licensing.aspx > >-- Ben ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
