Understanding Server Licensing

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Published 2011-02-17

Info

Level: Beginner
Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy
Date Created: March 24, 2010
Length of Class: 42 Minutes
Tracks

Servers
Prerequisites

None
Purpose of Class

This class explains the basics of licensing for servers and the common pitfalls that are run into
Topics Covered

Open Source
Server Licenses
Access Licenses
Overview of Microsoft Licensing
The Problems with Piracy
Class Notes

Open Source
Open Source does not mean free!!!
Free Speech vs. Free Beer
Service Contracts may be required
Non commercial use may be free
Types of Server
Per server -- Per Physical Server, or Virtual instance of a Server
Per socket -- Per CPU in Server
Per core -- Per Total Number of Cores in Server.
Access Licenses
Microsoft refers to Access Licenses as CAL's
Seat -- Per device that will connect to the server
Session -- Per concurrent connection to the server
User -- per user account on the server
Microsoft Licenses
OEM -- Cheapest, but only good for 1 computer
Retail -- Very expensive, but can be used for life
Volume -- Best bet for companies with 10 or more employees. Allows for ghosting of computers
Pirating
Just don't do it
If they are too cheap to use legitimate software they're probably too cheap to pay you.
Final Thoughts
For Volume Licensing always call CDW. They will give you a free quote so you make sure you're buying the right licenses.
Resources

My Account Rep at CDW is Lauren Booth at 877-741-4552 . She'll treat you well. Just tell her Eli the Computer Guy sent you.

All Comments (21)

@leighabrown2992 9 years ago

Everyone in I.T. should watch this. Really good info. Thanks Eli!
@coldCoders 1 month ago

I honestly excited watching you teach, it feels as if I am in a classroom excited to learn about IT :)
@conniet6 10 years ago

Thanks Eli. You are the best instructor ever. You made all of this so easy to understand. I wish you were teaching classes for certifications. Thanks so much
@VladSandu 7 years ago

You just opened my eyes with this one. I was installing, maintaining and helping "friends" computers out while the operating system was pirated. So I was paid little to none. Now I understand why a license is A MUST! Thank you!
@msizigwala5422 10 years ago

Im watching this 4 years later and its good!!!!!!!! Thanks Eli
@sudhanshu1709 5 years ago

98k plus views and only 806 likes. IT guys are becoming hopeless human beings day by day . It just take a sec to appreciate the hard work of the person providing tons of information for free.
@viveksharma5884 1 year ago

Thanks, Eli. I have no words but a lot of gratitude for the work you do.
@elithecomputerguy 12 years ago

@F145H220 OEM is for the box with the sticker on it. As long as you have the COA sticker on the computer you can install the OS on it as many times as you want
@retryhikaru184 5 years ago

the repeated emphasis on the problems you encountered make the class a real shiny gem for me.
@vegasvato55 9 years ago

I think it was well worth taking the time to watch and it actually cleared up something I was not sure about with the difference between OEM and Retail Software, so thank you for that!!! Not so much into the I.T. Sector my self other than armature interests, but as a businessman my self you are 100 percent right when you say just because the licensing police may not be tracking down and punishing license infractions "Yet",,,, It would be a big mistake to assume that the way things are now is the way things will always be... Always better not to try to cut corners and do things "On The Cheap", because sooner or later that will catch up to you and bite you in the ass every single time...
@naits95 9 years ago

Thanks, Eli! Never knew it was this complicated, so as an ICT-apprentice I thank you!
@arriaga11 5 years ago

2019.....Still best video about this topic.... Thanks
@kareemsharawi4778 8 years ago

Thanks Eli for a very informative video, got to know lots about licenses today!
@derikdang8829 3 years ago

Thank you Eli for "clearly" clarified about this licensing topic :-).
@davidboxton 11 years ago

Thanks for the OPEN DNS info in your earlier video. it really works well. I really appreciate your programs too Eli.
@orielonline 12 years ago

I love these videos. Please continue making them.
@guymerritt 12 years ago

Informative video, regardless... This explain, succintly, a lot of stuff I never really understood. You've got a gift for explaining things and making them easy to understand. Well done.
@coldCoders 1 month ago

I think we can all say, "we appreciate you"
@chrisrobertson4440 11 years ago

Eli, You are appreciated!
@arunagni1 10 years ago

Thanks Eli, this very useful information for Licensing