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  • Saturday, October 13, 2012 3:48 PM
     
     
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    Hi

    I know it seems such a simple question you would think I would have found the answer with 1 quick internet search alas licensing is riddled with ambiguity. 

    Id just like to know if I have users on my network that have a mapped drive on their computers to a file share on the server do the need a client access license? They

    will not be doing any work on the server etc.

    Thanks for reading

    Confuseis

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  • Saturday, October 13, 2012 9:31 PM
     
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    I'm taking the opposite point of view :)

    Yes, this is exactly what a server CAL is for.
    A Windows Server CAL (or core CAL or ECAL) is required when an "authenticated" connection is made.
    If a user/device performs a logon to a server using a named account, then a CAL is required.
    e.g. if the server is named SERVER01, and the client device is named CLIENT01, and the user logs on to CLIENT01 as USER01, and USER01 connects to a share on SERVER01, if the user supplies credentials to do so (either directly or indirectly via Integrated authentication such as USER01 is an AD account and both SERVER01 and CLIENT01 are domain members)

    http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client-access-license.aspx

    User CALs

    With the User CAL, you purchase a CAL for every user who accesses the server to use services such as file storage or printing, regardless of the number of devices they use for that access. Purchasing a User CAL might make more sense if your company employees need to have roaming access to the corporate network using multiple devices, or from unknown devices, or simply have more devices than users in your organization.


    Device CALs

    With a Device CAL, you purchase a CAL for every device that accesses your server, regardless of the number of users who use that device to access the server. Device CALs may make more economic and administrative sense if your company has workers who share devices, for example, on different work shifts.

    Don
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  • Sunday, October 14, 2012 1:55 AM
     
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    You need a CAL because your user will access a ressource on the server. The only exception MS do is for a webserver in exemple.

    Search "Win Server Lic Book customer hi-res.pdf" on google, I havent been able to copy the link on there directly.

    Every user or device that directly or indirectly accesses or uses instances

    of the Windows Server 2008 server software requires the purchase of a

    Windows Server 2008 Client Access License (Windows Server CAL) except

    under the following circumstances:

    • Access to the instances of server software is only through the Internet

    without being authenticated or otherwise individually identified by

    the server software or authenticated through any other means

    • Access is to Windows Web Server 2008

    • Authenticated “external users” (see Glossary at end of this guide)

    access the instances of server software and you have acquired a

    Windows Server 2008 External Connector (“EC”) license for each

    server being accessed

    • For each license, up to two devices or users may access your instances

    of the server software but only to administer those instances

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  • Sunday, October 14, 2012 3:00 AM
     
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    Hello,

    According to this CAL doc, you will need a CAL per user/device that accesses a resource such as a file share, print share, etc. The exception is IIS as Yagmoth and Don mentioned.

    http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/about-licensing/client-access-license.aspx

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  • Tuesday, October 23, 2012 7:04 PM
     
     
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    Thats Cleared it up for me 

    Thanks all

    confuseis