I have had the question a few times now; Do we need to buy the standard- or the enterprise Configuration Manager license?

Looking at the licesensing website for ConfigMgr. http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/configurationmanager/en/us/pricing-licensing.aspx helpes me a little. But I still wasn’t 100% sure so I asked a local Microsoft representative who guided me to this document “The Microsoft Products User Rights” - http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/userights/DocumentSearch.aspx?Mode=3&DocumentTypeId=1 It clarifies the difference between the standard and enterprise license.

ConfigMgr. Standard license covers everything except

• Full blown desired Configuration Management.
• You can create DCM rules for Basic Operating System Workloads which means
  • Operating system utilities like System Resource Manager, Password Change Notification, Baseline Security Analyzer, Reliability and Availability Services
  • File and Print services:
    • DFS, File Replication Service (FRS), NFS, FTP and Windows SharePoint Services
  • Networking service
    • DNS, DHCP and WINS

So if you create a DCM rule that checks for anything related to another installed programs on a client/server like SQL, SQL configurations etc. then you need to purchase the Enterprise license. For an updated list of what is covered by the Basic Operating System Workload check - http://www.microsoft.com/Systemcenter/operationsmanager/en/us/operations-management-licensing.aspx