How Is SSRS Licensed?


The short answer is that every machine running SSRS has to be licensed as if it were running SQL Server. This means that any machine running SQL Server is automatically licensed for not just SQL Server, but for the entire Microsoft Business Intelligence platform. This includes SSRS, SSAS, SSNS, and SSIS. This makes it really easy to get one's feet wet with SSRS. Simply install SQL Server on one machine, and then install SSRS. On the flip side, if the choice was made to use Enterprise edition in a web farm scale-out scenario, every machine in the web farm has to be licensed to run SQL Server.

Microsoft offers three ways to license SQL Server. Table 1.4 summarizes the licensing options for SQL Server. For more information and specific costing options, you should contact your Microsoft sales representative or reseller.

Table 1.4. Licensing Options for SQL Server

License Options

Description

Per processor

Licenses are paid for each processor on the machine running SQL Server. This license is optimal for web facing or Business to Business machines running SQL Server. It is also helpful for very large user populations.

Server licence plus device Client Access Licenses (CALs)

Licenses are paid for the machine running SQL Server, and for every device connecting to SQL Server. An ideal situation for this is kiosks for which there are multiple users per device.

Server licence plus user CALs

Licenses are paid for the machine running SQL Server and per user accessing the machine. This is useful for enterprises in which every user can access the SQL Server machine for multiple devices.


Tip

When determining the most appropriate licensing model, please make sure to calculate the total license cost for each option and combination of licensing options. Select a licensing model combination that is the most financially sound for your business.




Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
ISBN: 0672327996
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 254

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