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Exchange 2003 Front-end Back-end licensing question
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Jason Real
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:59 am    Post subject: Exchange 2003 Front-end Back-end licensing question Reply with quote
I am trying to find out if it works to have an Exchange 2003 Enterprise
Edition Back-end server and use an Exchange 2003 Standard edition server for
the Front-end.

Also I would like to know what limitations this senario might produce.

Also when building a front-end back-end model what licensing do you need for
compliance ( i.e. do you need CAL's for both servers or just one or some
combination?)

Example
Back-end
Windows 2003 Server
Exchange 2003 Enterprise
200 Server Cals
200 Exchange Cals

Front-end
Windows 2003 Server
Exchange 2003 Standard Edition
20 Server Cals
20 Exchange Cals

200 mailboxes on back-end server
180 users connecting via Outlook 2003 client
2 mailbox stores
20 OWA users connecting via Front-end server

Will this example work correctly and is the licensing correct?

If anyone can answer part of this it would be great.

I can also provide more info if needed

Thanks

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Mark Arnold [MVP]
Guest
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Exchange 2003 Front-end Back-end licensing question Reply with quote
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:58:02 -0700, "Jason Real"
<JasonReal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Quote:
I am trying to find out if it works to have an Exchange 2003 Enterprise
Edition Back-end server and use an Exchange 2003 Standard edition server for
the Front-end.

Also I would like to know what limitations this senario might produce.

Also when building a front-end back-end model what licensing do you need for
compliance ( i.e. do you need CAL's for both servers or just one or some
combination?)

Example
Back-end
Windows 2003 Server
Exchange 2003 Enterprise
200 Server Cals
200 Exchange Cals

Front-end
Windows 2003 Server
Exchange 2003 Standard Edition
20 Server Cals
20 Exchange Cals

200 mailboxes on back-end server
180 users connecting via Outlook 2003 client
2 mailbox stores
20 OWA users connecting via Front-end server

Will this example work correctly and is the licensing correct?

If anyone can answer part of this it would be great.

I can also provide more info if needed

Thanks

Licencing is a question for you and your local VAR or MS Office.

broadly speaking you don't need CALs for your FE. You just need the
server licence (Standard FE to Enterprise BE is absolutley fine btw)
You need a server licence for the BE and all relevant CALs for the
clients or devices.

Again, boradly speaking, you are likely only to need One Enterprise
licence, One Standard licence and either 180 or 200 CALs, depending on
what your local MS office tells you.
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Jason Real
Guest
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:50 am    Post subject: Re: Exchange 2003 Front-end Back-end licensing question Reply with quote
Thank you Mark. I will contact my Microsoft rep to discuss licensing
options. I just didn't know if the different versions would co-exist.

MVP's are one of Microsofts greatest ideas!

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:

Quote:
On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:58:02 -0700, "Jason Real"
JasonReal@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I am trying to find out if it works to have an Exchange 2003 Enterprise
Edition Back-end server and use an Exchange 2003 Standard edition server for
the Front-end.

Also I would like to know what limitations this senario might produce.

Also when building a front-end back-end model what licensing do you need for
compliance ( i.e. do you need CAL's for both servers or just one or some
combination?)

Example
Back-end
Windows 2003 Server
Exchange 2003 Enterprise
200 Server Cals
200 Exchange Cals

Front-end
Windows 2003 Server
Exchange 2003 Standard Edition
20 Server Cals
20 Exchange Cals

200 mailboxes on back-end server
180 users connecting via Outlook 2003 client
2 mailbox stores
20 OWA users connecting via Front-end server

Will this example work correctly and is the licensing correct?

If anyone can answer part of this it would be great.

I can also provide more info if needed

Thanks

Licencing is a question for you and your local VAR or MS Office.

broadly speaking you don't need CALs for your FE. You just need the
server licence (Standard FE to Enterprise BE is absolutley fine btw)
You need a server licence for the BE and all relevant CALs for the
clients or devices.

Again, boradly speaking, you are likely only to need One Enterprise
licence, One Standard licence and either 180 or 200 CALs, depending on
what your local MS office tells you.
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