I believe that starting with Exchange 2003 you can buy CALs on a per-mailbox or per-device basis; but as always, ask your MS rep to be sure. In the case of the company I work for it's actually cheaper to license on a per-user since lots of users access their mailboxes from multiple machines.
- Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:25 AM Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing > This certainly could have changed, since Microsoft is famouse for altering > their licensing arrangements. At the time I bought CALs, we had to purchase > them one per user. > > If MS really has made this change, then this is definitely a good thing. > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris H [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:56 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Exchange 5.5 Licensing > > > that is what I was told as well by my rep. It is now a CAL per "device" that > connects. So if a person at one computer opens 5 mailboxes in Outlook it is > only 1 CAL. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chinnery, Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:31 PM > Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing > > > Some time ago (I believe it was last year), I listened to a webcast put on > by Microsoft. During the Q & A, one person asked the Microsoft rep what the > licensing requirement would be for the following scenario: > > 5 Mailboxes all being accessed from 1 computer > His answer: 1 license because only 1 machine was used. > > Which just goes to show, as had been said mb people much more experienced > with Exchange than me, that it all depends on who you talk to and that you > should always direct licensing questions to your Microsoft representative. > > > Paul Chinnery > Network Administrator > Mem Med Ctr > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Hoffman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:42 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5 Licensing > > > You need to have as many CALs (client access licenses) as you do users who > will connect. As far as I know each user must have their own CAL. Terminal > Services works the way you're suggesting, but not this. > > You might not be able to buy a 5.5 CAL anymore... You may have to buy > Exchange 2000 CALs (isn't there a Exchange 2003 coming out? In that case > buy THOSE CALs), since a CAL is "backwardly compatible." > > Matt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stew Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:55 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Exchange 5.5 Licensing > > > Can anyone explain how Exchange 5.5 licensing works. > If we need to have 250 users mailboxes do we need 250 > licenses? Is is based on concurrent users--for example > if a company has 1000 mailboxes but at any point only > 50 people are connected to the exchange server do you > only need 50 licenses? > > Its a bit confusing, I am sure many of you will agree. > We definitely want to make sure we do this the right > way. > > Many thanks. > > Stew > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
