sharepoint CAL related Project Server

[PWA Administrator]

Project Server has a sharepoint back end that I gather you can only use via
Project Web Access. However, the administrator can go into Sharepoint and add
users so they can see documents, even though they are not team members.
Are sharepoint CALs required for anyone added to a shared document workspace
related to a project? In other words, they are not team members and do not
have a Project Server CAL.

 

[Ray]

I don't think the licensing would be any different than for SharePoint IF
they are accessing the site directly from its URL and not through PWA. My
guess is you would need a Windows CAL for them plus a SQL CAL if the
content database is on SQL and not on MSDE, and if SQL is not on a
per-processor license. "But only Microsoft can tell you for sure."

If you're using Windows SharePoint Services, there's no extra CAL required.
The Windows 2003 CAL covers it. If you're using SharePoint Portal, then yes.

Ray

 

[PWA Administrator]

We've installed sharepoint as part of the standard backend to Project Server,
such that you can't get to a "front door" in sharepoint as a direct service.
That's how it works. Of course, if you cut/paste the exactly coded hyperlink,
you can point someone to it as a method of reaching it.

If WSS lives off of Windows server calls, then it would seem that there is a
licensing issue perhaps. I might have 30 PWA CALs, but 40 people that need
access to just see the shared documents for projects....like customers who
are not team members. Would those 40 extra be allowed to be entered as
managed users in sharepoint and given the link...without a CAL of any sort?

--
Assist. Data Ctr Director
DEP/ Florida

I don't think the licensing would be any different than for SharePoint IF
they are accessing the site directly from its URL and not through PWA. My
guess is you would need a Windows CAL for them plus a SQL CAL if the
content database is on SQL and not on MSDE, and if SQL is not on a
per-processor license. "But only Microsoft can tell you for sure."

If you're using Windows SharePoint Services, there's no extra CAL required.
The Windows 2003 CAL covers it. If you're using SharePoint Portal, then yes.

Ray

 

[Ray]

Of course, if you cut/paste the exactly coded hyperlink,

you can point someone to it as a method of reaching it.

Right, that's how you have to do it, and give them permissions to it.

If WSS lives off of Windows server CALs, then it would seem that there is
a
licensing issue perhaps. I might have 30 PWA CALs, but 40 people that need
access to just see the shared documents for projects....like customers who
are not team members. Would those 40 extra be allowed to be entered as
managed users in sharepoint and given the link...without a CAL of any
sort?

The PWA CALs don't have anything to do with the use of SharePoint. They
cover the use of the Project Server access with a browser or with Project
Pro.

If you have a sufficient number of Windows Server CALs to cover the extra 40
people, you should be OK as I understand it.

Ray