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Windows server 2016 user cals.
Each user or device accessing a licensed windows server requires a windows server cal or a windows server and a remote desktop services rds cal.
Microsoft windows server 2016 remote desktop user cal license windows server 2016 is a cloud compatible operating system that supports current workloads while bringing forth new technologies that make the transition to cloud computing a lot simpler.
New layers of security the system adds many new layers of security to windows server 2016 and applies azure inspired innovation to the.
Microsoft windows server 2016 5 user cals microsoft windows server 2016 is designed for physical or minimally virtualized environments.
Like other cals cal suites can be licensed on either a per user or per device basis.
If your customers are wanting to run windows server 2016 on their new hpe gen10 server they would acquire a windows server 2016 os license in order to run the windows server software on the physical server and they would need to acquire cals for the users or devices who will access the server.
For example a windows server 2016 rds license server can host licenses from all previous versions of rds while a windows server 2012 r2 rds license server can only host licenses up to windows server 2012 r2.
Cal is a client access license every user or device accessing windows server standard or datacenter requires a cal this license allows 5 named users to access windows server 2008 2012 or 2016 good for companies that have more devices than users.
Cal suites simplify licensing and tracking by reducing the number of licenses that are necessary to access microsoft servers.
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.
The following table shows which rds cal and license server versions are compatible with each other.
A client access license cal suite is a single license that provides use rights that are equivalent to multiple licenses.