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NT 4.0 Server Licensing

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by asaxton

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We have installed SBS 4.5 and purchased 10 additional licenses. We are now at a point where we need to add another dedicated server. If we get another NT server, would we be able to use the license packs that were previously installed on SBS, OR, do we need to purchase all new license packs. This is a very critical part of our decision to use NT again or move on to a version of Linux.

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by curlergirl

I believe that the SBS CAL's are good only for SBS, so you would need to purchase additional NT CAL's. However, your best source to check would be Microsoft's website and/or sales support phone number. IMHO, however, this is not a good reason to make a decision between two operating systems. NT CAL's are not _that_ expensive, especially since the basic OS comes with 5 CAL's so you probably only have to purchase 5 more. Choose the operating system that is going to offer the best performance or integration or user interface (whatever is most important to you) for your purpose, not to save a few bucks. Hope this helps!

by cail

By law if you are setting up a second server you need to produce licneses for tha second server, if you will not be using the first server and you are getting a better server you can only need to get licnese if you are growing bigger than 10 users, I think they sale it on packs of 5

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