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Is a MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Web Edition license a valid choice to run FogBugz 8 in a commercial setting?

The following statement about the restrictions on the "Web" Edition is taken from http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/ProductPage.aspx?pid=364

It may not be used to support line of business applications (e.g., Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Resource Management and other similar applications).

Is FogBugz 8 a "Customer Relationship Management" software, and therefore not eligible to be used with the "Web" edition of the MS SQL Server?

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It's a little hazy but I interpret it as "no". The crucial part of the web editions license agreement (from your link)...

The software may be used only to support public and Internet accessible 

* Web pages
* Web sites
* Web applications
* Web services

(the bold is mine).

Is your Fogbugz site going to be open to the public?

If it is anything like the Windows Server 2008 web server license restrictions then it is only for public-facing websites, basically.

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I interpret that restriction that Microsoft would like to avoid large enterprise level software like "Salesforce" or "SAP" to be installed on a "Web" Edition SQL server. Any of these have a public portion of the web application as well, usually for issue tracking like FogBugz does. The largest portion of FogBugz is used internally (Wiki, Discussion Groups, Kiln), only a part of it is open to our customers. There are enough parallels in FogBugz to "Customer Relationship Management" that some are voicing concerns over licensing issues when using the "Web" edition with FogBugz. – DavidF Feb 18 2011 at 11:47
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 We've had to deal with a variety of licensing arrangements with Microsoft (though I'm no expert), and came to the same conclusion. You might consider Express edition if your database will fit, there are no restrictions on use for it and 2008 R2 supports up to 10GB databases now. – Adam Feb 19 2011 at 8:02
What about the "Workgroup" Edition? It comes with no restrictions on database size, and is just a little more expensive than the "Web" edition. Is the 4GB RAM limit and the restriction to 2 physical processors a problem in practise, for a Web Application that is not used by a massive amount of concurrent users? – DavidF Feb 19 2011 at 13:02
Alluding to what @Adam said, perhaps start with Express and consider an upgrade to workgroup when (ie before) the database looks like outgrowing it. Who knows, maybe the next Express edition will expand its limits again. – CADbloke Feb 21 2011 at 20:00

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