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Hello pro
My company have one On Premise server and will install window server 2022 on it.
This server have IIS for API and one Web page system, sql server 2019.
We have 50 tablets connect to API for working.
We have 10 PC using web page system.
So, Please tell me how many window server CAL need in this case. (user CAL or device CAL)
Thank many pro.
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If the access is anonymous, a CAL isn't required. If the access is being done by someone authenticating to the system then a device or user CAL is required.
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Just checking if there's any progress or updates?
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I know as if need login and using window account => need CAL.
If login using web account (account create in web application) => No need CAL?
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Hi @Anonymous .
Please assist with my issue when you are available. I plan to buy a server but getting confused about the CALs.
Situation:
I have 5 PCs which is shared among 12 users. All PCs are in domain environment.
These PC will connect to a shared folder from the Windows Server, I will mapped the shared folder on each PCs.
Users will login into the software using their own credentials. The software will authenticate to SQL Server by using the default SA credentials.
The question is:
Remarks: The software is an ERP System developed using VB.
You can do the math below for user or device Cals to find the better option.
A Windows Server CAL is a license that grants access Windows Server. CALs are used in conjunction with Microsoft Windows Server OS licenses to allow Users and/or Devices to access and utilize the services of that windows server
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Thank for your answer.
With 50 tablet only access only API(web services) and PC only contact by web page( web site on server). In this case, do I have to buy [user CAL]] or [device CAL]?. I don't know if accessing via web or API is supposed to use the server's service or not.