Hi there, i just wanna ask how to set up the number of CAL in Windows 2008 Standard.
My Company just buy 20 CAL, i don't know what to do with it.
thanks

Hi Souji.

With Windows 2008 there is no need to enter CALs into the system, this feature has been removed (unless using Terminal Services, then you need to activate CALs). You just need to keep the paperwork so you can produce them in the event of being audited.

Dave

thanks for your info

Here are some useful licensing links:

Microsoft FAQ for Windows 2008 Licensing
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx#cals

More info
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/client-licensing.aspx

For normal SQL databases, Microsoft imposes a fee for each entity connected with the database. This was called a Client Access License (CAL) and could be processor based, user based, or device based. Essentially, it means that, if you purchased a user based CAL, you would have to pay a fee for each user accessing the database and for device based CAL's, a license fee would have to be paid for each device accessing the database irrespective of the user.

When a database is accessed by a web application, there is generally no limit on how many users can access the database. Thus, user based CAL's are out of the question. The same goes for device based CAL's since you can't pay for each computer out there on the Internet. Therefore, that leaves us with Processor based CAL's where you pay for each processor (physical or virtual) that Microsoft's SQL server runs on.