Differences Between Microsoft Content Management Server 2002 Editions

Published: December 22, 2003

Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) 2002 is now available in four editions:

•	Evaluation Edition
•	MSDN Universal Edition
•	Standard Edition
•	Enterprise Edition

The following information will help you learn more about the differences between editions and which edition best meets your needs.

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MCMS 2002

Description

Evaluation Edition

•	Includes the same features as the Enterprise Edition
•	Can be used only for evaluation
•	Upgradeable to Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition*
•	Has a 120-day limit

MSDN Universal Edition

•	Includes the same features as Enterprise Edition
•	Cannot be used in a production/authoring environment; for development use only

Standard Edition

•	Supports 15 users for authoring (unlimited subscribers)
•	1 processor affinity
•	Only one MCMS Standard Edition server can serve content to end users; no load balancing allowed
•	No site staging support
•	No host headers
•	Microsoft Solution for Internet Business not supported
•	Upgradeable to Enterprise Edition*

Enterprise Edition

•	Supports unlimited number of users for authoring
•	Supports multiple sites through host headers
•	Allows for scaling up and scaling out

*Upgrading from the Evaluation Edition to either Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition involves uninstalling the Evaluation Edition (but not the database) and installing either the Enterprise Edition or Standard Edition, and pointing the application to the original database. The upgrade from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition, however, is seamless and does not require uninstalling.

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Buying More Than One Edition

It is possible to have a mixed environment of MCMS Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition in your organization depending on your business needs. For example, if you have a small organization and will not have more than 15 content contributors but will have many end users of your site, you have the option of using the Standard Edition in your authoring environment with the Enterprise Edition in your production environment.

Scaling Differences Between Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition

Scaling Differences Between Enterprise Edition and Standard Edition
Feature	Enterprise Edition	Standard Edition
CPUs per server	Unlimited	1
Number of nonsubscriber users	Unlimited	15
Number of load-balanced servers serving content to end users	Unlimited	1
Number of sites supported with host headers	Unlimited	No host header support
Number of end users (subscribers)	Unlimited	Unlimited

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