Windows Licensing Question

Does a non-domain system connecting to a share require a cal?

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I have a few Vista home systems that I want to connect to a share on an 08 server.

Thanks!

I think I found the answer, and it's - they need a cal.

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Comments

astorrs

Yup accessing a share requires a CAL. Sorry.

jbrad95706

astorrs wrote: »

Yup accessing a share requires a CAL. Sorry.

Thanks for the reply.

Hyper-Me

Your 08 server likely came with at least 5 CALs out of the box, though.

astorrs

Hyper-Me, that's not true necessarily. While retail copies of Windows Server are bundled with some amount of CALs (5-25 usually), licenses acquired through Microsoft Volume Licensing agreements do not include CALs (they are a seperate SKU).

stupidboy

astorrs wrote: »

Hyper-Me, that's not true necessarily. While retail copies of Windows Server are bundled with some amount of CALs (5-25 usually), licenses acquired through Microsoft Volume Licensing agreements do not include CALs (they are a seperate SKU).

Good call astorrs, I've fallen foul of this one