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Licensing Per Seat or Per Server?
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During the installation of Windows NT Server 4.0, you'll be asked to choose between 2 different licensing schemes. After all, you're setting up a network server and you want to be sure you have the proper licenses in effect based on how and how many people will be connecting to it. Your choices will be:

  • Per Server Licensing
  • Per Seat Licensing

    So what's the difference? Plenty, and you really ought to know the difference because depending on your choice, it may be the only shot you'll get at this.

    Per Server Licensing Under the per server licensing approach, you must purchase a license for each user who connects to a specific server. If a maximum of 50 users bill log on to Server A, 50 client licenses must be allocated to that server. If 25 users will log on to Server B, 25 licenses must be allocated to B, for a total of 75 licenses.

    Per server licensing tends to be the more economical approach if each user connects to a single server, particularly if they connect infrequently. With per server licensing, licenses are installed "from the bottom up."

    Per Seat Licensing If you choose per seat licensing, you must purchase a license for each computer on the network. If you purchase 100 licenses allocated on a per-seat basis, 100 users can access an unlimited number of servers. Per seat licensing tends to be the more economical approach if users routinely access multiple servers. With per seat licensing, licenses are installed "from the top down."

    NOTE: If you are uncertain which licensing approach to select, begin by selecting per server licensing. You can make a one-time switch from per server licensing to per seat licensing if circumstances make per seat licensing more desirable.

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