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Demystifying SQL Server Licensing

Name: Demystifying SQL Server Licensing
Uploaded: 2024-06-21T15:30:11+00:00
Duration: 46 s
Channel: Mike Austin
Description: Mike Austin walks through how to prove you're using SQL Server legally. You need to show you control access so people aren't sharing logins, handle…

21 Jun 2024 · 1 min

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Mike Austin walks through how to prove you're using SQL Server legally. You need to show you control access so people aren't sharing logins, handle external access carefully since it might require extra licenses, and keep costs down by actually enforcing who can connect.

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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 has access.