I can only share with you my experience as a web-hoster. We were encouraged to establish a domain for our hosting environment and to use web edition as the front end for that domain for all authentication.
Now, whether that represented policy or simply our representatives from that particular department within MSFT - I can't tell you. My personal opinion from reading the PUR (Product Use Rights) is that it is fine. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Client licenses for web apps (was: AD in the DMZ) On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Joe Heaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I'm kinda confused on how having that makes > it so I don't need user CALs for authentication. Wouldn't the > authentication still go back and hit the DC? Hmmm. Good point. This isn't clear from any of the license documentation I can find. It says you don't need a client license for web access to Web Server Edition, but I don't know if that includes pass-through authentication against a DC. One could argue that you're using the Web Server Edition computer as a "Multiplexing Service" for the Domain Controller computer, which would mean you would again be back to needing client licenses for everybody. Anyone have any official word from Microsoft on this aspect? -- 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> ~
