SBS licensing question

[fathead]

I have 30 computers, but only 15 users. Each user has a tablet/laptop that they will be using throughout the day. Do I need to purchase 30 CAL's or 15. They will be logged into their desktop and laptop at the same time. This is a medical clinic where the physcians take their tablet into the exam room, then go back to their office to finish. MS licensing said 15 will work, but CDW help desk said I have to have 30.

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[markdmac]

15 should be all you need. You will only be creating 15 user accounts.

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[TechSoEasyMVP]

There are TWO types of CALs available for SBS. USER or DEVICE. Your example is exactly what USER CALs are all about. In fact, if users also have a Windows Mobile Device, the User CAL will cover them on that as well.

So, just get 15 USER CALs and you'll be all set.

By the way... I'm very impressed that you are using Tablets in that manner... it's really what more offices should be doing!

Jeff
TechSoEasy

 

[markdmac]

There is a big push for the use of tablets in the medical field right now. Also the use of PocketPC phones.

I recently saw a Microsoft video where one hospital was using PPC Phones so they could show patients their x-rays and MRI scans on the fly. It was very cool.

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Mark

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[TechSoEasyMVP]

Yeah, it makes total sense... and the technology is there to support it. But it's the Docs that are slow to adapt to something new.

After all, the FDA just last year required that all meds in a hospital must be individually wrapped with a bar code. Now if that isn't the smartest idea (even though it's a bit wasteful with wrapping, but that's how it goes). You use a scanner built into a PPC to scan a patient's wrist band and then scan the medication. You get a warning sound if you mis-matched!

Simple stuff, really... considering that technology has been around for decades.

Jeff
TechSoEasy

 

[markdmac]

What will be really cool is when they start putting medical history on RFID chips and implanting them. Sign me up and lojack my butt!

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Mark

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