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Have you ensured you have enough CALS and the server its installed on can access the internet ?<br />
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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020298" rel="ugc nofollow">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020298</a><br />
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Have you ensured you have enough CALS and the server its installed on can access the internet ?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020298 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020298]





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Yeah had enough CAL's seems to be a server related issue as once server restarted we were able to assign CAL to user. Maybe a service / database connection issue?
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Yeah had enough CAL's seems to be a server related issue as once server restarted we were able to assign CAL to user. Maybe a service / database connection issue?

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Resolved the solution ourselves.
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Relates to Windows Essential Business Server<br />
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Licencing:<br />
Have checked SLSVC permission and all look ok<br />
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Obviously not allowing new users to login as cannot assign them a license, happy to work a work around to assign CAL and allow two new users to login.
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Relates to Windows Essential Business Server

Licencing:
Have checked SLSVC permission and all look ok

Obviously not allowing new users to login as cannot assign them a license, happy to work a work around to assign CAL and allow two new users to login.

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