Re: CAL question
- From: "Russ Grover" <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:19:19 -0700
Maybe this will help...
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/howtobuy/CALs.mspx
Client Access Licensing for Windows Small Business Server 2003
Microsoft offers flexible, cost-effective options for licensing Windows
Small Business Server 2003. As with previous Windows Server licensing
models, you need two types of licenses: (1) a server license for the server
software and (2) a Windows Small Business Server 2003 client access license
(CAL) for each user or device (or combination of both) that accesses or uses
the server software. When you purchase a Windows Small Business Server 2003
server license, you also receive five CALS. This page describes your options
when you purchase additional CALs for Windows Small Business Server.
Client Access Licensing Requirements
Client access licensing requirements have changed for Windows Small Business
Server 2003. In previous versions of Small Business Server, CALs were
activated when a workstation used particular server services, such as print,
remote access, and authenticated access. (Authenticated access is defined as
an exchange of user or program credentials between the server software and a
user or device.)
With Windows Small Business Server 2003, use of server services does not
activate CALs. Instead use of CALs is based on access to and/or use of the
server software.
A general exception to Windows Small Business Server 2003 CAL requirements
is that CALs are not required when the server software is accessed through
the Internet by an unauthenticated user. An example of this exception is
unidentified users browsing your public Web site. Windows Small Business
Server 2003 CALs are not required for those users.
Device-Based vs. User-Based Windows Small Business Server 2003 CALs
With the release of Windows Small Business Server 2003 as part of the
Windows Server family of products, two types of Windows Small Business
Server 2003 CALs are available to choose from-device-based or user-based,
known as device CALs or user CALs. This choice means you can either purchase
a CAL for every device (used by any user) that accesses your server, or
purchase a CAL for every named user that accesses your servers (from any
device). Devices include not only desktop workstations in your office but
also mobile phones that have Internet access, handheld PCs, and remote
workstations. Whichever type of CAL you choose, a separate Windows Small
Business Server 2003 CAL (of either type) is required for each user or
device that accesses or uses the server software on any of your servers.
Device CALs might make most economic and administrative sense for an
organization that has multiple users for one device, such as shift workers.
User CALs might make most sense for an organization that has many roaming
employees who access the corporate network from unknown devices and/or
employees who access the network through multiple devices.
If you have Software Assurance for your Windows Small Business Server 2003
CALs, you can switch between user CALs and device CALs (or vice versa) only
at the time when you renew your Software Assurance contract. If you do not
have Software Assurance for your Windows Small Business Server 2003 CALs,
then you cannot switch.
--
Russ Grover
Small Business IT Support
16086 SW Melinda St.
Beaverton OR 97007-6303 USA
Email: Sales at SmallBusinessITSupport.com
Website: www.SmallBusinessITSupport.com
"Chuck" <Chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:FDC19813-220C-4DA9-8D16-7A5613A1BC75@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I must be really dense as it is still mud. Back to my scenario. When I add
>a
> computer and then go to that workstation I join the domain with
> ConnectComputer and assign a user profile that uses one cal. Next if I go
> to
> AD and make that user profile "Chuck" a member of the mobile users group
> how
> many cals have I used?
>
> Thank you again.
> Chuck
>
> "jjjdavidson" wrote:
>
>> It's not quite that complicated. Every device on the network (except
>> printers) must be covered by a CAL, but you can choose, more or less,
>> whether
>> it's covered by a device CAL or a user CAL. In theory, a user (a real
>> person, not an account name) assigned a user CAL can connect to the
>> network
>> through more than one device simultaneously.
>>
>> The catch is that word "assigned". You have to (at least in your
>> imagination, since there's no actual process in SBS to do it) assign
>> either a
>> device CAL or a user CAL to cover every device/user that will connect to
>> the
>> SBS server. If you assign a device CAL to workstation SMURF1, then that
>> workstation is covered no matter who uses it. If you assign a user CAL
>> to
>> BOB, then Bob's regular workstation, his laptop, and his PDA are all
>> covered,
>> without needing device CALs--as long as nobody but Bob uses them. So if
>> you
>> have lots of wandering users with portable devices, you'll need to assign
>> a
>> user CAL to each one of them.
>>
>> You can mix device and user CALs on the same network, as long as they're
>> in
>> batches of 5.
>>
>> Clear as mud?
>>
>> "Chuck" wrote:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have a CAL question.
>> >
>> > If I add a computer to the network I realize that I'm using a Device
>> > CAL, if
>> > I add a user that accesses only remotely I think I'm using a user CAL.
>> > Now
>> > the question. If I add a computer and then in AD make the user of that
>> > computer a mobile user so that they can connect remotely am I using two
>> > CALS?
>> >
>> > I have several users here that work at one computer 90% of the time but
>> > want
>> > to access RWW and Outlook when they are either at home or away on sales
>> > trips.
>> >
>> > Thanks for putting up with this basic question.
>> > Chuck
>> >
.
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