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Some hosting providers are trying to SELL me on their &quot;SharePoint Foundation&quot; hosting.<br />
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On your above #4 reply it sounds like a &quot;Foundation&quot; hosting provider would need to pay something to Microsoft, if so, how much are they paying since the hosting provider acts like they pay NOTHING to Microsoft for &quot;SharePoint Foundation&quot; ?
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Some hosting providers are trying to SELL me on their "SharePoint Foundation" hosting.

On your above #4 reply it sounds like a "Foundation" hosting provider would need to pay something to Microsoft, if so, how much are they paying since the hosting provider acts like they pay NOTHING to Microsoft for "SharePoint Foundation" ?

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I am thinking about using the <br />
FREE &quot;SharePoint Foundation 2013&quot;<br />
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&nbsp;1. Do I need SharePoint CALS ?<br />
&nbsp;2. Can it run on a free version of MSSQL ?<br />
&nbsp;3. Do I need MSSQL CALS or processor licenses ?<br />
&nbsp;4. Do Extranet features work Foundation ?
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I am thinking about using the 
FREE "SharePoint Foundation 2013"

 1. Do I need SharePoint CALS ?
 2. Can it run on a free version of MSSQL ?
 3. Do I need MSSQL CALS or processor licenses ?
 4. Do Extranet features work Foundation ?

SharePoint Foundation 2013 -- need CALS / SQL ?

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Microsoft SharePoint

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