Local users and CAL

[Rednaw]

Hi

I´m a bit confused about the licensing. I know that all AD users need a CAL
but what about the local users?

I have a small web app that needs the users to access some stuff on my
server. To verify that it is the correct users I´ve added them as local
users. Do I need to get CALs for them as well. They are not added to the AD
and my server is not a domain controller.

 

[Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]]

Hello Rednaw,

I strongly suggest to contact your license reseller or MS support for licensing
questions. To ge the correct answers please use them.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi
>
> I´m a bit confused about the licensing. I know that all AD users need
> a CAL but what about the local users?
>
> I have a small web app that needs the users to access some stuff on my
> server. To verify that it is the correct users I´ve added them as
> local users. Do I need to get CALs for them as well. They are not
> added to the AD and my server is not a domain controller.
>

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Rednaw wrote:
> Hi
>
> I´m a bit confused about the licensing. I know that all AD users need
> a CAL but what about the local users?
>
> I have a small web app that needs the users to access some stuff on my
> server. To verify that it is the correct users I´ve added them as
> local users. Do I need to get CALs for them as well. They are not
> added to the AD and my server is not a domain controller.

Meinolf is right call Microsoft. Licensing is an arcane thing.

Regardless, two things:

A CAL is for a person, not a user object. If you have five domain users and
each of them has five domain accounts, well ...you need five CALs.

Also, if this server is a domain member, don't use local accounts - just
change the security so the users' domain accounts can get to the data they
need.