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Licensing web application hosted on my server
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Laurentiu Cristea
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Hello all,
I developed a web application, which I host on my server.
Because my application uses Windows Server (IIS) and SQL Server, I have to install my own Microsoft license on it.
My clients pay me monthly subscriptions for my application.
I want to know if there is anything else that needs to be licensed for the clients to use my application.
I'm wondering if my clients have to get their own Microsoft license so that they can use my application.
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Lex Li (Microsoft) 6,037 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2023-09-01T17:31:58.9666667+00:00 You might find the licensing guide from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/windows-server and read "web workload" related sections. For more explanation you might contact whoever sold the license to you.
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Yurong Dai-MSFT 2,846 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2023-09-04T03:05:05.2366667+00:00 Hi @Laurentiu Cristea,
Windows Server requires a license to run. If you build an application targeting Windows Server, anyone who installs/hosts your application on Windows Server will need a license to run Windows.
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