Need advice on obtaining an SQL server

The company I work for is looking into purchasing a server and SQL license
to serve database content. We are currently using IIS and Access.
The price was estimated to be $10,000. It seemed a little steep to me, but
our IT guy said that when you buy SQL for web use they charge more than if
you only needed it for use within a company. We are a non-profit government
appointed agency and are not setting this up for sales, just for serving
data to the public free of charge. And only the web server would be
interacting with the SQL server, we are not trying to set up some kind of
tunneling application for people to access the SQL server directly. The web
administrator and web server would be the only two clients.
Does this sound like the correct price for a basic SQL server? The lowest
tier of service should suit us fine, we just want a boost in speed from the
IIS/Access setup and avoid the odd crashes associated it (once every few
months).I can only comment on the SQL Server side:
If you expose data through an app server (which IIS is in this aspect), you need to either buy per
processor license or make sure that every user who uses the app server (your web site) has a SQL
Server Client Access License. I assume that the web server is public, so you need to go per
processor. It is *not* enough to have a CAL for only the app server (read about multiplexing in the
licensing doc).
One thing to consider is SQL Server Express.
Another thing is if MS has some special deal for non-profit organizations. Talk to your MS rep about
this.
Licensing FAQ: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/faq.mspx
To speak to someone regarding licensing:
You can call 1-800-426-9400 (select option 4), Monday through Friday, 6:00
A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (PST) to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing
specialist for licensing problem. Worldwide customers can use the Guide to
Worldwide Microsoft Licensing Sites
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information in their locations.
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"Matt" <mattmatt32@.notmail.com> wrote in message news:OFO$G%23T5FHA.3384@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The company I work for is looking into purchasing a server and SQL license to serve database
> content. We are currently using IIS and Access.
> The price was estimated to be $10,000. It seemed a little steep to me, but our IT guy said that
> when you buy SQL for web use they charge more than if you only needed it for use within a company.
> We are a non-profit government appointed agency and are not setting this up for sales, just for
> serving data to the public free of charge. And only the web server would be interacting with the
> SQL server, we are not trying to set up some kind of tunneling application for people to access
> the SQL server directly. The web administrator and web server would be the only two clients.
> Does this sound like the correct price for a basic SQL server? The lowest tier of service should
> suit us fine, we just want a boost in speed from the IIS/Access setup and avoid the odd crashes
> associated it (once every few months).
>|||Seems like SQL Express would be ideal for you (and it is free:)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/sql/express/default.aspx
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William Stacey [MVP]
"Matt" <mattmatt32@.notmail.com> wrote in message
news:OFO$G%23T5FHA.3384@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> The company I work for is looking into purchasing a server and SQL license
> to serve database content. We are currently using IIS and Access.
> The price was estimated to be $10,000. It seemed a little steep to me, but
> our IT guy said that when you buy SQL for web use they charge more than if
> you only needed it for use within a company. We are a non-profit
> government appointed agency and are not setting this up for sales, just
> for serving data to the public free of charge. And only the web server
> would be interacting with the SQL server, we are not trying to set up some
> kind of tunneling application for people to access the SQL server
> directly. The web administrator and web server would be the only two
> clients.
> Does this sound like the correct price for a basic SQL server? The lowest
> tier of service should suit us fine, we just want a boost in speed from
> the IIS/Access setup and avoid the odd crashes associated it (once every
> few months).
>

Need a runtime processor license for SQL Server 2005

We are an ISV in the U.S. One of our customers, a United Nations agency located in Europe, urgently needs a runtime processor license for SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition. These licenses can be purchased only from companies that are members of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program, which we have not yet joined. Back in 2004, Microsoft accepted our company into its "Product Integration Program" (PIP), which was later discontinued and rolled into the ISV Royalty Licensing Program. The PIP allowed us to purchase SQL Server runtime licenses and sell them to our customers along with our off-the-shelf application.

The key differences between a runtime license and a "full-use" license are that a runtime license:
- costs less than half as much (US$1,758 vs. $4,876)
- can legally be used for only one application. Our customer is interested in SQL Server only to use it for our application, since they are not a SQL Server shop.

Are there any ISVs out there who are members of the ISV Royalty Licensing Program who would be interested in selling my customer a runtime processor license for SQL Server 2005? The cost from Microsoft is $1,758, but of course you would add your normal markup to that. We ourselves will not mark it up for this United Nations agency since we just want to give them what they need.

If interested, or if you can point me where to look for someone who might be, then please contact me at awad at auditleverage.com. Many thanks.
Mike

Hi,

I an not sure if that would comply with the licensing agreements, because AFAIK the customers can and is allowed only to use the database for their application, not for any other.

HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

http://www.sqlserver2005.de