I keep gettig conflicting reports on this.

We want to install Server SQL on our new Windows Server. We ony need 1 user and 1 database. ASP.net scripts need to be able to connect to the SQL Server. These scripts will be pages on the website, so the original request is from the internet, but we don't need it to be abe to let users connect to the db directly over the internet.

A tech guy from SM told be that we only need to get a 1 CAL version b/c the 1CPU version is for people hosting multiple sql server accounts. But then I heard that if it is going to be server to rquests from the internet it has to be the 1 CPU ver.

Does anybody know the answer to this? The CPU version is $4k - $5k, so we certainly want to avoid paying for that!

thanks,
Neil

If the .NET script is accesses by others on the Internet, you need the CAL.

I think you'll find that unless your application will only host 1 user at a time then you need to have a CPU license.

Originally posted by RackMy.com
If the .NET script is accesses by others on the Internet, you need the CAL.

You mean CPU, right RackMy?