Installing FS on a DC
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On licensing not sure how upto date this is but remember this is how I work out out for cal's
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@hobbit666 that’s for user vs device. These days device are nearly obsolete. When the licenses were new people were commonly sharing devices. Today most people have more than one device each.
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@scottalanmiller Agreed but it shows nicely what you were saying about the cals covering all servers
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I like User CALs because they are easy. Count users, get that many CALs.
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@dustinb3403 said in Installing FS on a DC:
So this makes sense, and it might just be a "me issue". But every workload I have ever seen (IME) has been on different Microsoft Server versions.
IE you need CALs for that version of Windows Server. . . and thus you would need tons of CALs.
Grr time to investigate.
Worth noting... You need the amount of CALs to equal users, for a certain platform. 2012 RDS? Needs CALs. Exchange 2013? Needs CALs. Upgraded from 2012 RDS to 2016 RDS and Exchange 2013 to 2016? All new CALs.
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@bbigford said in Installing FS on a DC:
@dustinb3403 said in Installing FS on a DC:
So this makes sense, and it might just be a "me issue". But every workload I have ever seen (IME) has been on different Microsoft Server versions.
IE you need CALs for that version of Windows Server. . . and thus you would need tons of CALs.
Grr time to investigate.
Worth noting... You need the amount of CALs to equal users, for a certain platform. 2012 RDS? Needs CALs. Exchange 2013? Needs CALs. Upgraded from 2012 RDS to 2016 RDS and Exchange 2013 to 2016? All new CALs.
That was awesome to find out. The only saving grace for us was 501c3 status. Pennies on the dollar.
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@bbigford said in Installing FS on a DC:
Worth noting... You need the amount of CALs to equal users, for a certain platform. 2012 RDS? Needs CALs. Exchange 2013? Needs CALs. Upgraded from 2012 RDS to 2016 RDS and Exchange 2013 to 2016? All new CALs.
Those are all separate products. That's like saying you have to "pay for each thing you buy."
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@wls-itguy said in Installing FS on a DC:
@bbigford said in Installing FS on a DC:
@dustinb3403 said in Installing FS on a DC:
So this makes sense, and it might just be a "me issue". But every workload I have ever seen (IME) has been on different Microsoft Server versions.
IE you need CALs for that version of Windows Server. . . and thus you would need tons of CALs.
Grr time to investigate.
Worth noting... You need the amount of CALs to equal users, for a certain platform. 2012 RDS? Needs CALs. Exchange 2013? Needs CALs. Upgraded from 2012 RDS to 2016 RDS and Exchange 2013 to 2016? All new CALs.
That was awesome to find out. The only saving grace for us was 501c3 status. Pennies on the dollar.
Or use open source free products for... free. Zero on the dollar
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@scottalanmiller said in Installing FS on a DC:
@wls-itguy said in Installing FS on a DC:
@bbigford said in Installing FS on a DC:
@dustinb3403 said in Installing FS on a DC:
So this makes sense, and it might just be a "me issue". But every workload I have ever seen (IME) has been on different Microsoft Server versions.
IE you need CALs for that version of Windows Server. . . and thus you would need tons of CALs.
Grr time to investigate.
Worth noting... You need the amount of CALs to equal users, for a certain platform. 2012 RDS? Needs CALs. Exchange 2013? Needs CALs. Upgraded from 2012 RDS to 2016 RDS and Exchange 2013 to 2016? All new CALs.
That was awesome to find out. The only saving grace for us was 501c3 status. Pennies on the dollar.
Or use open source free products for... free. Zero on the dollar
Support is never free, even if someone is donating their time, there is a cost.
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@dustinb3403 said in Installing FS on a DC:
@scottalanmiller said in Installing FS on a DC:
@wls-itguy said in Installing FS on a DC:
@bbigford said in Installing FS on a DC:
@dustinb3403 said in Installing FS on a DC:
So this makes sense, and it might just be a "me issue". But every workload I have ever seen (IME) has been on different Microsoft Server versions.
IE you need CALs for that version of Windows Server. . . and thus you would need tons of CALs.
Grr time to investigate.
Worth noting... You need the amount of CALs to equal users, for a certain platform. 2012 RDS? Needs CALs. Exchange 2013? Needs CALs. Upgraded from 2012 RDS to 2016 RDS and Exchange 2013 to 2016? All new CALs.
That was awesome to find out. The only saving grace for us was 501c3 status. Pennies on the dollar.
Or use open source free products for... free. Zero on the dollar
Support is never free, even if someone is donating their time, there is a cost.
Right, which is why open source is SO cheap, because it costs LESS to support normally than proprietary software. So it's cheaper than free when compared to alternatives. It's like you get paid to use it!
