Windows Server 2008 R2 Cals

[pollardhimself]

How do you tell how many cals you have on the os? I mean know how many we have but I was wonder how the operating system keeps up with how many cals you have does it even do it? Or are cals just a honor system type thing

 

[imagoon]

How do you tell how many cals you have on the os? I mean know how many we have but I was wonder how the operating system keeps up with how many cals you have does it even do it? Or are cals just a honor system type thing

If your run the licensing apps, they will tell you how many you are using. For us it is 'honor' but it has a place to put the number in and it can log warnings about being over. Also CAL handling varies from version of windows to version of windows. I know SBS requires keys to enable them, while our business licenses run as unlimited but we can get dinged if we get audited.

You find the number by looking on your purchase receipt 😉

 

[Cstefan]

On a non SBS server its rather a bit of the honor system for CAL's. If you OWN them just like imagoon says, no worries.

 

[RebateMonger]

On a non SBS server its rather a bit of the honor system for CAL's. If you OWN them just like imagoon says, no worries.

Actually, SBS 2008 has gone to the honor system, unlike SBS 2003 which did make a half-hearted attempt to enforce CALs.

 

[Emulex]

Terminal service cals still on the type in your Enteprise agreement number honor system these days?

 

[pollardhimself]

what about exchange server cals are they the same way?

 

[RebateMonger]

I don't deal with Enterprise systems. On SMB systems, Terminal Server CALs have always been strictly enforced. I'm not sure what happened with Server 2008. Offhand, it appears it tracks TS CALs but doesn't enforce them.

Exchange CALs are on the honor system, too, I believe. But if you violate licensing, don't get audited or you'll deeply regret not having the proper licenses. Angry employees can turn you in anonymously.

 

[pollardhimself]

ahh.. our employee's dont know anything about our licenseing they would have no clue if we did or didnt have correct licensing anyway

 

[imagoon]

ahh.. our employee's dont know anything about our licenseing they would have no clue if we did or didnt have correct licensing anyway

Doesn't stop them from calling the BSA hot line because they are pissed that they got laid off.

 

[stash]

TS device CALs have always been tracked and I don't think that changed in 2008. Per-user CALs were not tracked historically, but that might have changed.