Windows Licencing CAL 2012

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CLIENT ACCESS LICENCES (CALS)

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CLIENT ACCESS LICENCES (CALS)

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Agenda

● Client Access Licencing (CAL)

● User Profiles in AD

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What is CAL?

➢ CALS are a licensing requirement from Microsoft for users to access Microsoft Servers.

➢ Required for user/device to access windows server

-- Does not include unauthendicated internet access

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Types of CALs

➢ User and Device for file and printer like services➢ RDS for remote desktop access

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User CALs

➢ You purchase a CAL for every user who accesses the server to use services such as file storage or printing, regardless of the number of devices they use for that access.

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Device CALs

➢ With a Device CAL, you purchase a CAL for every device that accesses your server, regardless of the number of users who use that device to access the server

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Remote Desktop Services CALs

➢Also referred to as additive CAL➢Activation require➢Types of RDS CALs

User

Device

External Connector

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CAL Price lists

➢ Windows Server 2012 5-User Client Access License $199.00

➢ Windows Server 2012 5-Device Client Access License $199.00

➢ Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services 5-Device CAL $799.18

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User Profiles➢ Normal Profile

➢ Roaming Profile

➢ Mandatory Profile

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Normal Profile

➢ It's a default Profile

➢ Normal profile is also called as local profile

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Roaming Profile

➢ Roaming profiles users are able to get their desktop environment on every computer which is client of a domain controller.

➢ Configuration of Roaming User Profiles involves 2 processes: Sharing a Folder and Configuring Domain Users’ Profile page.

➢ User can login any pc without data loss.

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Mandatory Profile

➢ Normally when a user logs off their computer, their personal settings are changed. So if a user changes the color of the desktop, this change will be saved when they log off.

➢ However, you may not want any changes saved when a user logs off. In such cases, you can implement a mandatory user profile.

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