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    • hobbit666H
      hobbit666
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      Device CALS are cheaper 🙂
      Think last quote I had (before all the price hike due to brexit)

      £100 User cal, £77 device cal

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      • JoelJ
        Joel @hobbit666
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        @hobbit666 stupid question (my licensing knowledge is of a newb), should i choose device CAL, would i just need to license the 1 app01 server for 15users to access it? As opposed to licensing 15user CALs to use the app01 server?

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        • hobbit666H
          hobbit666
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          If I remember your database server is a RDS server too?
          In that case you are going to need Server CAL's (Device or User) and RDS CAL's.

          Which one to choose depends on future plans. If at the moment you have 1 : 1 ration of computers and users then I would go cheaper device CALs BUT! if you think people will start accessing from different devices like tablets/laptops/phones etc then User CAL's make more sense.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            Device call are cheaper but I thought they were assigned to specific devices.

            Where as user CALS were transferable...

            Am I wrong?

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            • DashrenderD
              Dashrender @DustinB3403
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              @DustinB3403 said in Licensing query...:

              Device call are cheaper but I thought they were assigned to specific devices.

              Where as user CALS were transferable...

              Am I wrong?

              Device Cal's are transferable also every 90 days

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
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                Only if the same devices will realisticly be used would I consider device CALs.

                User CALs are a lot more flexible.

                Device CALs also make sense for shift workers. You only have 30 devices bit they are shared by 90 people.

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                • JoelJ
                  Joel @hobbit666
                  last edited by

                  @hobbit666 said in Licensing query...:

                  If I remember your database server is a RDS server too?
                  In that case you are going to need Server CAL's (Device or User) and RDS CAL's.

                  Which one to choose depends on future plans. If at the moment you have 1 : 1 ration of computers and users then I would go cheaper device CALs BUT! if you think people will start accessing from different devices like tablets/laptops/phones etc then User CAL's make more sense.

                  Yes, the database is a RDS server so we will indeed need RDS Cals. I assume also this is 1x RDS CAL per user?
                  User cals probably makes sense as some have two laptops and an office computer.

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                  • JoelJ
                    Joel @Dashrender
                    last edited by

                    @Dashrender said in Licensing query...:

                    Only if the same devices will realisticly be used would I consider device CALs.

                    User CALs are a lot more flexible.

                    Device CALs also make sense for shift workers. You only have 30 devices bit they are shared by 90 people.

                    If all users are logging into the same RDS server than do I simply need RDS CALs (for each user) and a single Device CALS for the server?

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @Joel
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                      @Joel said in Licensing query...:

                      @Dashrender said in Licensing query...:

                      Only if the same devices will realisticly be used would I consider device CALs.

                      User CALs are a lot more flexible.

                      Device CALs also make sense for shift workers. You only have 30 devices bit they are shared by 90 people.

                      If all users are logging into the same RDS server than do I simply need RDS CALs (for each user) and a single Device CALS for the server?

                      There are two types of CALs. Windows server CALs, which come in two flavors (user or device). And RDS CALs which also has user or device.

                      In your situation you would need to buy one of each kind per user.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Joel
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                        @Joel said in Licensing query...:

                        @Dashrender said in Licensing query...:

                        Only if the same devices will realisticly be used would I consider device CALs.

                        User CALs are a lot more flexible.

                        Device CALs also make sense for shift workers. You only have 30 devices bit they are shared by 90 people.

                        If all users are logging into the same RDS server than do I simply need RDS CALs (for each user) and a single Device CALS for the server?

                        Servers don't use device CALs.

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                        • thwrT
                          thwr @Joel
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                          @Joel said in Licensing query...:

                          @Dashrender said in Licensing query...:

                          Only if the same devices will realisticly be used would I consider device CALs.

                          User CALs are a lot more flexible.

                          Device CALs also make sense for shift workers. You only have 30 devices bit they are shared by 90 people.

                          If all users are logging into the same RDS server than do I simply need RDS CALs (for each user) and a single Device CALS for the server?

                          It's a one time either-or deciscion. Either User CALs or Device CALs. Call centers will probably use Dev CALs (Many users, few devices) while most other companies with more devices than users will use User CALs. You can't mix them whatsoever.

                          You not only need CALs for the servers (-> operating system), but also for many MS products. For example MS Project Server or SharePoint. You need to buy these CALs too.

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                          • hobbit666H
                            hobbit666
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                            You may want to talk to someone at a reseller like Misco or Softcat that's a specialist as Microsoft licensing can be tricky.

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