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Demystifying SQL Server Licensing

Name: Demystifying SQL Server Licensing
Uploaded: 2024-10-28T15:15:00+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Mike Austin
Description: A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube talk by Mike Austin about SQL Server licensing. Austin explains challenges proving license compliance…

28 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube talk by Mike Austin about SQL Server licensing. Austin explains challenges proving license compliance, especially around multiplexing and external access, notes that external users may require client access licenses, and suggests the model can be cost-effective if strict controls demonstrate multiplexing is not occurring.

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In order to actually be able to prove that you're compliant from a license compliance perspective, you'd have to be able to demonstrate control and that multiplexing is not going on. And so this is one of the reasons why a lot of people don't license in this model anymore. The other thing as well is if you've got external access, it becomes difficult because you would have to have client access licenses for non, like for anybody that's accessing externally. So again, it's really difficult to manage this. But again, we, we do look at this because it can be a very cost effective manner if you have the controls in place to, to demonstrate that multiplexing is not going on. You know exactly who.