It's complicated. They are referring to something called external connectors - and those have always been there. But it depends on a lot of things, the version and edition of windows server, the version and edition of sql server, the version and edition of sharepoint...
Generally speaking, the customer is correct, you need a CAL. However, there are still many use cases where you do not need a CAL. These things are described in boring detail in the Purchase Use Rights document. Go to Microsoft.com/licensing and search for the current PUR. Have lots of caffeine sitting beside you. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph L. Casale Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 3:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NTSysADM] IIS and cals A customer at my day job suggests MS changed the CAL licensing for IIS from the original requirement that a connection authenticated as a windows user requires a CAL, to any connection now requires a CAL? I don't see any corroborating support for that, anyone know anything about this? Thanks! jlc
