A dumb question I realize but when you buy SQL server is the number of users how many computers are logging onto the database at any given time? Example, a file server with a POS station and manager work station would need a 3 user license? All of my installs thus far have been using the desk top engine.
Thanks in advance.
Correct.
Zack,
You can have as many back office machines as you want. The dongle only restricts how many registers you can have running at one time. In your example, you should only need a one-user dongle.
Good luck, Matt
I don't think there are single-user dongles (Jeff can correct me on that), so the 1-3 user would be the one to get.
Sorry for the mix-up, Matt
For RMS licensing, there are single-user dongles available. If you will only have one POS station running, that's all you need. Manager stations do not require additional user licenses.
As for SQL licenses, it is the number of concurrent connections that will determine how many CALs you need. However this only applies to the full-blown SQL Server product. MSDE (Microsoft SQL Developer Edition), which is what is included with RMS, doesn't have CALs, so you can have as many copies of Manager running as you would like. You only really need the full-blown SQL Server if your database will be over 2GB in size, and you can buy that when the time comes.
Just correcting Jasons Typo - MSDE is Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine ;-)
I wouldn't say that the 2GB size limit is the ONLY reason to move up to SQL Server - MSDE is sufficient for most small retailers, but every install should be speced and sized according to the actual situation.
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