When you buy a machine with a base OEM Windows 7 Pro on it you can add Software Assurance to it and then then becomes W7 Enterprise. You then have full downgrade rights, reimaging rights, transfer rights etc. for the upgraded license. Cost depends on what sort of agreements you have in place, or you can open a new contract.
The CAL is for access to a server, and the assumption here is that if you are replacing the client machine then the existing CAL is still valid. If you are upgrading the server at the same time then you might need to upgrade the CALs. As you are a School then you might have license agreements school/campus in place already. If not then you can speak to a reseller. We've sold a few school agreements in the UK :) Mike From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 02 June 2010 15:15 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Win 7 Licensing. Or at least one of the correct answers. Microsoft has attained legendary status for even their own reps not really understanding their own licensing. On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The best way to make sure you have the bases covered is to speak with a Microsoft licensing vendor. They're the ones that do licensing all day, every day, and will have the absolute correct answer for you. At least that's how it's supposed to work. >>> "Kennedy, Jim" >>> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 6/2/2010 4:51 AM >>> Bear with me, I am a desktop licensing noob. We always had a bazillion XP volume licenses and CAL's here so we didn't have to pay much attention to that. You used to be able to convert XP OEM licenses to Volume for a small fee, can you still do that with Win 7? You still need a desktop license and a CAL correct? I think I have this all figured out but I wanted to double check my logic. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
