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Hi experts,
we are planning for upgrade of existing Exchange server, so that we can implement Exchange in-place archiving with Retention policy.
we are using Exchange server 2016, may I know how to find out the type of Exchange CAL we are using?
secondly, what kind of Outlook license do we need? Existing Outlook licenses are either retail version or OEM version of Office Home and Business.
Thank you
pingatwork
Get-ExchangeServerAccessLicense should give you this info straight away. Outlook license is not related to the Exchange one, if you are going to use features such as archiving and retention though, you will need an appropriate version: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-license-requirements-for-exchange-features-46b6b7c5-c3ca-43e5-8424-1e2807917c99
Hi Michev,
Many thanks for answering my questions and sharing the cmdlet and link.
I have a new question about the link, on the article of the link, it says - The features require specific Outlook licenses and a Microsoft Exchange Server License with a Microsoft Exchange Server Client License (CAL),
those specific Outlook licenses include Outlook retail licenses - Outlook 2019/6/3 stand-alone, but my licenses are those OEM version, must I re-purchase the specific Outlook licenses again on top of my existing OEM licenses?
thanks again,
pingatwork
I believe so, as you can see from the table in the article, Outlook as part of the "Microsoft Office Home and Business" license doesnt qualify for some of the features.
I see, thanks Michev for your help.
Happy New Year 2021!
pingatwork
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Hi @Pingatwork ，
In addition, Get-ExchangeServerAccessLicense gives you all types of the license you’re using, and you may use
Get-ExchangeServerAccessLicenseUser -LicenseName “Exchange Server <Version> Standard/Enterprise CAL” to check who is using these CALs.
As for the outlook licenses, I agree with Michev, you’ll have to buy one for those additional features.
And kindly suggest that you can Accept michev's answer so this thread could help others have the same issue.
Regards,
Lou
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Hi Lou,
wow, that parameter is really useful for me. Thanks a lot for sharing this. I'm very grateful for this forum and the experts here, the best place to learn the subject.
I was confused with the button with a tick to the accept and though that the tick means chosen :)
Now the button is clicked to mark the accepted answer.
Happy New Year to You!
pingatwork