Licensing Considerations
Licensing can be a complex topic based on customer requirements, so it is generally recommended that you consult a licensing specialist from your reseller or a Microsoft Regional Licensing Specialist to ensure that you get the right answers to your licensing questions as well as to ensure that you operate your infrastructure and business-critical applications within Microsoft licensing compliance. Microsoft has updated its software licensing policies for server applications to make it more virtualization friendly.
Most Microsoft desktop, server, and applications use the server and client access license (CAL) model. Some products that follow the server/CAL model are as follows:
- Windows Server
- Exchange Server
- SharePoint ...
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