Hi Ellen
My understanding is;
The only SQL clients on your system will be the web servers that serve
the Blackboard content to your users, your users are not themselves SQL
clients so shouldn't incur any SQL licensing costs
If you're using a single server configuration you possibly don't need a
SQL license at all as the client operations all take place on the server
itself.
As Blackboard makes use of your existing email systems and doesn't
actually host email services itself there shouldn't be any additional
licensing costs there.
I'm not quite sure what areas you're referring to in the final part of
your question "access to user areas". Are you referring to files hosted
by Blackboard? If they are hosted on Blackboard there should be no
client licensing costs there either. Not sure if they are elsewhere.
Can your Blackboard sales contact clarify the situation for you?
Hope that helps
Phil
IT Services
London School of Hygiene
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I can't comment on the licensing issue, but I did managed to get Bb 6.1
to install on a Windows 2003 Server (Web Edition) with the MSDE SQL
server engine. I'm not sure how this will cope in a production
environment, but you would save a small fortune in Microsoft licenses!
Matt
VLE Genius.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ellen Lessner
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 3:07 PM
Subject: Bb remote access and additional client licenses for the SQL
server??
I've just been sent the following from our (understandably) concerned
IT
Unit. Can anyone tell us whether they have had the same happen to
them?
"We have just heard that if we offer BB from outside we have to buy
a
client licence for the SQL server and possibly an email client
licence.
If we give access to user areas we also have to buy a windows client
licence.
Staff are covered by the campus agreement, but students are not.
We are investigating the costs."
Many thanks -
Ellen Lessner
ILT Development Coordinator
Abingdon and Witney College
01235-216276
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