win2k licensing

Server Licenses: You need a lecense for each server.

Client Access Licenses (CALs): Assuming that each client will need access to any server at any time, your best bet will be to enable the "per-seat" mode of licensing. In this mode, you will only need 20 CALs, 1 for each client. This is, of course, in addition to the license required for the client OS on each client computer.

Hope this helps.

MS offers two licensing programs. Per connection or Per Seat.

"Per Server" means you need a license on each server for every concurrent user connected to it. So if you have all 20 users connected to all 5 servers you need 20x5 = 100 licenses.

"Per Seat" means every machine has a license to connect to as many servers as he wants. 20 users = 20 licenses.

They both cost the same, so its best to get per seat when you have more than one server.

How many you need depends on how your users work and what licensing model you use. Typically you'll use 1 server license per server then one "per seat" CAL (client license). However, you can also license "per server" if it suits the way your users operate better.

Take a look here for MS's explanation and details, pricing etc:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/types.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/pricing/default.asp

Delete any spaces in the URLs.

Hope this helps! Good luck....