Active Directory licensing on premsis

Arun Thomas 1 Reputation point
2020-11-04T12:28:07.48+00:00

Hi Team

Bit confusing . Do we required to buy any other license (CAL or terminal )apart from OS license, if we are building an on premises Active directory? Referred so many blogs and getting confusing .

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  1. Thameur-BOURBITA 36,261 Reputation points Moderator
    2020-11-04T20:20:52.67+00:00

    Hi,

    Do we required to buy any other license (CAL or terminal )apart from OS license, if we are building an on premises Active directory? Referred so many blogs and getting confusing

    If you want just deploy active directory you don't need to buy a CAL user.
    we talk about CAL user when you want to let many user access on service installed on your server like file storage or printing or remote desktop.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-11-04T13:01:22.387+00:00

    You'll likely also need windows Cals.
    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/licensing/product-licensing/client-access-license

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