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Windows 2000 Server Licensing Types: What Should You Buy?
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Posted: Wednesday, December 15, 1999
Use the tables below to assess whether to purchase a Standard license, Version Upgrade, Upgrade Advantage, or Competitive Upgrade.
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Types of Server Licenses Available: Windows 2000 Server
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| Standard
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 | Required for a computer without licensed
software installed.
| Example: The initial purchase of a license for Windows® 2000 Server for installation on a computer without any other network operating system software legally installed. |
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| Version Upgrade
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| Available to owners of licenses for previous
versions of Windows NT® Server.
| Priced significantly below Standard licenses. |
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| Competitive Upgrade
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| Offered to customers who currently own licensed copies of qualifying competitive software, including:
 | Novell: NetWare, IntranetWare, IntranetWare
for Small Business
| Banyan Vines
| IBM: LAN Server, OS/2
| Microsoft LAN Manager
| DEC PATHWORKS
| Artisoft LANtastic
| SCO: Xenix, UNIX, OpenServer, or UnixWare
| Sun: Solaris 7 (Sparc or X86) or earlier, or SunOS
| Hewlett-Packard: HP-UX
| IBM: AIX
| Digital: Ultrix, OSF/1, or UNIX
| SGI: Irix
| Citrix WinFrame
| Tektronix WinDD
| NCD WinCenter
| Insignia NTrigue |
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| Significant savings over Standard licenses. |
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| Upgrade Advantage
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| Available to owners of licenses for previous
versions of Windows NT Server as part of Microsoft's
volume licensing programs.
| Provides your organization with the rights to
all eligible upgrades for a 2-year period, major and minor,
at an attractive price, making it an easy and cost-effective way to get
current and stay current on Microsoft software. |
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Types of Server Licenses Available: Windows 2000 Advanced Server
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| Standard
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Required for a computer without
licensed software installed.
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| Version Upgrade
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Available to owners of licenses for previous versions of Windows NT®
Server, Enterprise Edition.
Priced significantly below Standard licenses.
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| Competitive Upgrade
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Offered to customers who currently own licensed copies of qualifying
competitive software, including:
| Novell: NetWare, IntranetWare, IntranetWare
for Small Business
| Banyan Vines
| IBM: LAN Server, OS/2
| Microsoft LAN Manager
| DEC PATHWORKS
| Artisoft LANtastic
| SCO: Xenix, UNIX, OpenServer, or UnixWare
| Sun: Solaris 7 (Sparc or X86) or earlier, or SunOS
| Hewlett-Packard: HP-UX
| IBM: AIX
| Digital: Ultrix, OSF/1, or UNIX
| SGI: Irix
| Citrix WinFrame
| Tektronix WinDD
| NCD WinCenter
| Insignia NTrigue |
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Significant savings over Standard licenses.
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| Upgrade Advantage
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| Available to owners of licenses for previous versions
of Windows NT Server 4.0 as part of Microsoft's
volume licensing programs.
| Provides your organization with the rights to
all eligible upgrades for a 2-year period, major and minor,
at an attractive price, making it an easy and cost-effective way to get
current and stay current on Microsoft software. |
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Types of Client Access Licenses Available (in both Per Seat and Per Server Licensing Modes)
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| Standard
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| Allows client computers to access any Windows 2000 Server in a network.
Required for any computer, including those running Windows for Workgroups,
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT Workstation, or Windows 2000 Professional. |
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| Version Upgrade
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| Upgrades previous versions of Windows NT Server
CALs to Windows 2000 Server CALs.
| Priced significantly below Standard licenses. |
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| Upgrade Advantage
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| Available to owners of licenses for previous
versions of Windows NT Server as part of Microsoft's
volume licensing programs.
| By adding Upgrade Advantage to your Select or
Open License Agreement, you can save on CALs for your next version of
Windows NT Server and receive two years of free upgrades.
| Provides your organization with the rights to all eligible upgrades,
major and minor, at an attractive price, making it an easy and cost-effective
way to stay current on Microsoft software. |
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| Competitive Upgrade
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| Offered to customers who currently own client access licenses
for qualifying competitive software, or who are running applications requiring
Windows NT Server authentication at the time of Windows 2000
release. Qualifying software includes:
| Citrix WinFrame
| Tektronix WinDD
| NCD WinCenter
| Insignia NTrigue
| SCO Unix |
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| Significant savings over Standard licenses; at the same price as Version Upgrade licenses. |
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Per Seat mode vs. Per Server mode for Client Access License (CAL) licensing
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| Per Seat mode
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| Best where workstations frequently connect to
multiple servers within your organization.
| Can be applied to Windows 2000 Server, Windows
2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 DataCenter Server.
| Example: 100 workstations regularly connect to a Windows 2000 Server. Purchase 100 CALs. |
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| Per Server mode
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| Best where workstations infrequently connect to
specific servers.
| You may switch from Per Server to Per Seat mode
once.
| Can be applied to Windows 2000 Server, Windows
2000 Advanced Server, and Windows 2000 DataCenter Server.
| Example: 300 workstations sporadically connect to 5 servers, with
no more than 20 connections to any one server at a time. Purchase 100 CALs. |
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Last Updated: Friday, February 25, 2000
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