Licensing by the month?

16 Mar 2006 3:44 AM

Marty Sage

Hi all,

I recently came across a client that tells me they have purchased Microsoft
SQL Server 2000 licenses in a "pay-as-you-go-scheme". Apparently this is
called a Subscriber Access License (SAL) instead of a CAL.

I'm told the scheme lets them purchase their 35 licenses over a 6 month
period during which time they also recieve software assurance and can adjust
their SAL license count.

Can anyone point me to a web site (preferably from Microsoft) which has more
info on this?

I'm also looking for a tool/method which would allow us to monitor the
license usage on the network over time so that the number of SALs can be
reviewed periodically. Is there such a way to do this?

Thanks in advance.

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Marty

16 Mar 2006 10:08 AM

Daniel Crichton

Marty wrote on Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:44:26 -0800:

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> Hi all,
>
> I recently came across a client that tells me they have purchased
> Microsoft SQL Server 2000 licenses in a "pay-as-you-go-scheme".
> Apparently this is called a Subscriber Access License (SAL) instead of a
> CAL.
>
> I'm told the scheme lets them purchase their 35 licenses over a 6 month
> period during which time they also recieve software assurance and can
> adjust their SAL license count.
>
> Can anyone point me to a web site (preferably from Microsoft) which has
> more info on this?
>
> I'm also looking for a tool/method which would allow us to monitor the
> license usage on the network over time so that the number of SALs can be
> reviewed periodically. Is there such a way to do this?
>
> Thanks in advance.

Did you try Google? Putting "Subscriber Access License" in the first result
is from MS:

http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/licensing/understandingspla.mspx

It appears to be a scheme for Service Providers only.

Dan