CAL licenses

[barbola]

When we purchased SQL server, we bought 16 CAL licenses from them.

As we added users to the system, we purchased our own CAL's through a different vendor because it was less than half the price. Our vendor was aware of this because I told them we were doing it when they quoted me the price.

Now, a few years later, we are adding more users and Microsoft is questioning our licensing and we had to fax the invoice to our vendor to show we paid for all the licenses. We don't have hard copies of the original 16, and now our vendor wants to "deactivate" these licenses because they don't think we can have licenses from different places.

huh? what a load of carp!

Thanks!
Barb E.

 

[mrdenny]

Yeah, that's a load of crap. You can purchase CALs from anyone you want to. You are not locked into a single vendor. Second your vendor doesn't get to deactivate your licenses. Only you and Microsoft can decide that licenses aren't legal.

Do you have the PO floating around that was used to purchase the 16 CALs? That may be good enough for Microsoft.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000)

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[barbola]

Well here is what our vendor is telling us. By the way we are using Great Plains v7.5.

"Based on my information from Microsoft, there are only two options that we have with your SQL licenses

1) Keep the 25 SQL licenses that you currently have but ensure that you have software assurance so that if Microsoft Business Solutions announces that they will no longer support SQL 2000, you will have the latest version of SQL. If you don’t have software assurance then you would need to buy SQL all over again. If you keep these licenses then you need to deactivate the licenses from Microsoft Business Solutions. Microsoft does not allow for MBS licenses to overlap with MS licenses.

2) Your other option is to buy the 6 SQL CAL”s at $239 each to bring up your licenses to the same amount of System Manager users. "

I still think it's a load of crap. Unless there's a difference between a CAL for MBS and one for MS.


Thanks!
Barb E.

 

[mrdenny]

There may be a difference from MBS and MS. I'd call Microsoft your self and see what they say. Keep in mind that SQL 2000 support isn't going anywhere for several years. (Lifecycle)

Mainstream support will end two years after the next version of this product is released. Extended support will end five years after mainstream support ends.

Mainstream support should end November 2007 and extended support will end November 2012.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000)

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

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[barbola]

Why would they "deactivate" the licenses we have? Can they really do that if we bought them?

Thanks!
Barb E.

 

[MDXer]

What they might mean by deactivate is take the licenses you currently have back and use the purchase price of those towards the purchase of your SQL CALS. The only way to be 100% sure is to get on the phone with someone from MS Licensing and discuss your situation with them.

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