license questions for crm 4.0

[Fritz Theiss]

hi,

a subsidiary company of us is planning to upgrade from crm 3.0 to 4.0.
currently they have bought 50 licenses, but would like to reduce the number
to 20 in order to save money during these hard economic times.

(1)
is this possible with the current license model as crm 4.0 licenses are not
enforced to be bound to specific users anymore afaik? by asking this question
it is to mention that probably not more than 5 - 20 users will work
concurrently.

(2)
a)
by assuming that only 5 users would work concurrently, would it be
appropriate to use the 'workgroup server license'; saying that no write- or
any other restrictions are given that way?
b)
if the 'workgroup server license' is chosen, how could it be implemented
that a user is kicked out of the crm after a specific amount of time being
idle?

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thanks in advance / danke im voraus, fritz
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Fritz Theiss

[Neil Benson]

Hi Fritz,

Unfortunately, Microsoft Dynamics CRM licenses are available only on a named
user basis, not a concurrent user basis. Therefore, if you have 5 licenses
and more than 5 people access CRM then you are in breach of the license
agreement.

Furthermore, if you have already bought 50 licenses, these are not normally
transferable to another company, so you can't easily reduce your licenses
from 50 to 20.

A Microsoft licensing partner (e.g. whoever you bought the licenses from)
should be able to provide exact answers.

Regards, Neil

[CS ADNT]

Very Strange 'subsidiary' question.
If upgrading necessitates buying licenses, the best is certainly to stay on
CRM 3 until bright days come back.
Even without buying new licenses, migration could generate expenses, and
certainly some change management charges.
CRM 3 is very solid, MS will provide with C5 certainly next year, stable
version may be end of 2010.
So Migrating to C5 with better resources could be better.

Licensing in CRM area is a n-complex problem. Not only with MS products :)
A good territory for lawyers and when crisis is here...

CS
http://www.addonnice.com Imagine CRM - CRM @Commerce

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[Rob Mottram]

CRM Licences are NOT concurrent licences, but you can also get Device
Licences for CRM 4.
This means that if they only have 5 computers you could licences just the
five devices then any users could use these 5 computers.

Rob