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by jim.brown

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We are Shiping systems with SQL7.0 unfortunatly we are running out of licenses, we checked out the Microsoft web site to find out if we could use SQL 2000 licences.

The answer was yes,by taking advantage of the SQL Server 2000 ?downgrade rights.?The downgrade rights enable customers to purchase SQL Server 2000 Server/CAL or Processor licenses, but
install and use the previous version for a reasonable period of time.

The Question :-
What is a "Reasonable" period of time ?
6 months, 1 year, I don't know, can you help

regards
Jim

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by cryingdragon

I've been dealing with a similar situation with MS licensing for quite a time now. I still haven't received an answer from MS. This is the way I see the answer to the dilemma:

Use the CAL for the lower version until such a time as you are readyto migrate to the newer version. MS has already made its money off of you for buying the CAL. I'm sure they don't really care if you keep it for a downgrade or even if you use it at all. Hope this fits in with your way of thinking on this.

Mike

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