The below understanding is based on the FAQs on http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101655351033.aspx and also based on the contents at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/FX100492001033.aspx
If you are going for MOSS we would need
| Product | Price |
| Office Sharepoint Sever 2007 | $4424 |
Ø There are no options here, you would need to purchase this license and install it on each of the server that needs to have MOSS.
Ø If you are going for VMs then each VM instance (even if it is on a single server) would need the above license
Ø Thankfully, there is no process based licensing so it does not matter how many CPUs are present on the server on which Office Sharepoint Server 2007 is installed
Additionally, for clients to access the server à we need CALs
We can take Standard CALs in which case we won’t have access to some of the business intelligence capabilities and business process capabilities (particularly, browser based forms services).
For a complete capability we need to have enterprise CAL in addition to the standard CAL for each CAL we take
| Product | Price |
| Standard CAL | $94 |
| Enterprise CAL | $75 |
So Total $s we would need to shell out will depend on the number of employees who would need access to the sharepoint server
Ø There are multiple CALs, prominent among them are Device CALs and User CALs
Ø Device CALs are for each computer that would access the client. If multiple users are going to use the same machine (in case of companies where people work in shifts) then this license would make sense
Ø If each user has one device atleast and each user should be able to access the server from multiple devices then we should go for User CALs.
Assuming 1000 users you would need = 4424 + 169*1000 = $ 1,73,424
(if you are wondering how it is 169 * X --> for enterprise license you need to purchase standard also :) )
That is a lot of money
Instead, you can probably go for Sharepoint Server 2007 for internet sites which can be used for creating extranet sites that both employees and external users shall user
| Product | Price |
| Office Sharepoint Sever 2007 for internet sites | $40,943 |
The server license might look 9x of just the server license but you don’t need CALs and that would make a lot of difference
It looks like MOSS for internet sites is a better option if there are more that 216 users in the organization.
But WAIT, you just can’t do that – or rather you can but you should not do that. As per licensing terms the MOSS for internet sites license should not be used to create and manage contents that is only for internal users.
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