Cal licences needed for devices on network.

Question

Jus looking for some information, when a Microsoft DHCP/DNS server is deployed in an organisation, and uses cal licences. would devices such as printers, mobile phones, access points, other non domain devices, TV’s, etc, that connect directly to the network (wired and wirelessly), require a cal licence per device?

Answer 1

If those devices are receiving an IP address and DNS information, then yes would need a Windows Server CAL

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Answer 2

Hi DonGunasekara-7385,

The truth is it depends on the device and who is accessing it, for what purpose and if your organisation uses device CALs or user CALs. It's much more common to use user CALs For example, the printer is covered by the user's CAL who is printing to it (assuming they are printing from a device on the domain and they have a CAL for that). Therefore, the printer would only need a CAL of it's own if being printed to from a device or user that is not already covered by a CAL. As for other devices, they don't need CALs in order to be on the network, but if they're being used to directly access services on a server and are not covered by the user's CAL, they would need a CAL. However, this is likely to be very rare.

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