1. Windows Server Licensing
Sarah Richmond
Senior Product Manager, Windows Server

2. Agenda Windows Server Product Line Goals for Licensing Windows Server
Licensing Within Your Environment
Additional Licensing Options
Small Business Customer Options
Software Assurance and Windows Server
Windows Server Releases and Licensing
Windows Server Release Roadmap
Windows Server 2003 R2
Licensing Changes Post-Launch

3. Windows Server Product Line

4. Goals for Licensing Windows Server
Flexibility
Choose the Edition which suits your business needs
Scalability
Manage your costs through Device or User CALs and External Connectors
Availability
Purchase through the program which best meets your needs
Windows Server uses a Server/CAL Model for flexibility within your environment

5. Licensing Windows Server within Your Environment
Server & CAL model
CAL of the same version or higher provides access to the server
Exception is if the access is through the Internet and anonymous
Deployment Mode
Per User/ Per Device
Per Server Mode
Windows Server Device CAL
Windows Server User CAL*
Windows Server External Connector*
Virtual Environments are considered the same as physical environments
* New with Windows Server 2003

6. Additional Licensing Options
Exceptions to CAL requirements – No CAL required
Windows Server 2003, Web Edition*
Windows Server 2003, Storage Edition*
Premium Services – Incremental CAL required
Terminal Services
Terminal Server User CALs*
TS Device CALs
TS External Connectors*
Rights Management Services*
Rights Management User CALs
Rights Management Device CALs
Rights Management External Connectors
* New with Windows Server 2003

7. Small Business Customer Options
Small Business Server 2003
Limited to 75 Users
Edition options based upon customer needs
Standard Edition*
Premium Edition*
Small Business Server CALs follow Windows Server Model
Small Business Server 2003, User CAL*
Small Business Server 2003, Device CAL
No External Connector
Available through OEMs, Retail, and Volume Licensing
* New with Windows Server 2003

8. Software Assurance and Windows Server
Microsoft Volume Licensing Program
Benefits for customers include
New technology
Productivity benefits
Support benefits
Tools for deployment
Training to help deploy and use software efficiently
Customer-driven changes for Server customers
Cold Disaster Recovery (2004)
Note: If purchased through Retail or OEM channel there is a 90-day grace period to enroll server into SA on a Volume Licensing Agreement

9. Windows Server Releases and Licensing
~ 4 years
~ 2 years
Major
Release
Release
Update
Major
Release
Release
Update
Major
Release
Mainstream Service Packs & Updates
Extended Support
At least 5 years from major release
At least 5 years

10. Release Roadmap 2005 2007 Future Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
“Longhorn R2”
2007
Windows Server “Longhorn”
2005
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions
Windows Update Services
Windows Server codenamed “Longhorn” Beta
Windows Server 2003 “R2”
Windows Storage Server “R2”
Windows Server 2003 Compute Cluster Edition

11. Windows Server 2003 R2 Built on Windows Server 2003 SP1
Availability and Licensing
Windows Server 2003 R2 will be the standard product in all channels at release
Servers covered by Software Assurance (SA) at the time of release will receive R2 as part of their benefits
Available for purchase as new server license for non-SA covered systems

12. Post-Windows Server 2003 Launch Licensing Changes
Multi-core and impact upon licensing
Continue to count physical processors, not cores
Consistent across Server OS & Server Apps; including proc licensed apps (SQL, BizTalk, etc)
x64 – Shipping concurrently SP1
No change in prices, maintain parity with 32-bit
Cold Disaster Recovery License Grant for SA customers
Additional copy of license for each server covered for use in Cold Disaster Recovery scenario

13. Community Resources Windows Hardware & Driver Central (WHDC)
Technical Communities
Non-Microsoft Community Sites
Microsoft Public Newsgroups
Technical Chats and Webcasts
Microsoft Blogs

14. Additional Resources Product Resources Volume Licensing:
Windows Server
Terminal Services
Rights Management Services
Small Business Server
Volume Licensing:
Product Use Rights (updated quarterly)
Product List
Licensing Briefs
Software Assurance: