Can I run a mixed environment with both SQL Server 2005 processor licenses and server plus device CALs or server plus user CALs?
A. This is feasible in some scenarios, and there is no restriction prohibiting it. For example, if an organization’s Internet servers are segregated from the computers that are used to support its internal users, the organization could license its Internet servers through processor licenses while choosing to purchase separate server plus device CALs or server plus user CALs for its internal servers and CALs for each of its internal users or users’ devices.You should never purchase CALs to enable users to access a server that is already licensed through processor licenses because those processor licenses grant the right for all users to access the server. Likewise, you should never purchase processor licenses for a server that will be accessed exclusively by users for whom CALs have already been purchased.It is possible that a particular server will be accessed by both internal users (for whom CALs have been purchased) and by an undetermined number of external users whose access would b
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