System information

With the License by Server you buy for each server a certain amount of client
access licenses and configure them on the server. The amount must match the
maximum of concurrent user connections to this server. Multiple connections
from one client to the server count as one connection. This type of licensing
makes the most sense if users do not connect to multiple servers or do not
change servers often.
If you choose to license the clients by seat, the amount of clients in the whole
network counts. Once a client claims its license within the network, it will be
acknowledged by all other servers of the same kind. The license information will
be replicated among all defined servers within the network. You can define one
enterprise server to manage all client licenses. This server can even be in
another domain.
Note
If you are not sure which type of licensing you should define during the first
installation, choose License by Server. There is a one-way option to change
to the License by Seat mode later.
2.2.8.1 The Windows NT License Manager
Microsoft Licensing allows you to define the number of client access licenses,
according to your license agreement. It manages only the Microsoft BackOffice
Products (Windows NT Server, MS SQL Server, MS SNA Server and MS Systems
Management Server). Other products or programs shared by file server can not
be accounted for with Microsoft Licensing.
To account for the licenses within the network, use the Microsoft License
Manager on a Windows NT Server. You start the License Manager from the
Network Administration group.
From the License Manager windows you can choose four different views:
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Purchase History: Provides a history listing of all actions taken to add or
remove product licenses.
66 Systems Management from an NT Server Point of View