Windows12

CLIENT ACCESS LICENSE (CALS)

Agenda

➢ Client Access Licensing (CAL)

➢ User Profiles in AD

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

Types of CALs

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

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.

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

Remote Desktop Services CALs

➢Also referred to as additive CAL➢Activation require➢Types of RDS CALs✔ User✔ Device✔ External Connector

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

User Profiles

➢ Normal Profile

➢ Roaming Profile

➢ Mandatory Profile

Normal Profile

➢ It's a default profile

➢ Normal profile is also called as local profile

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.

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.

Reference

➢ http://www.firewall.cx/microsoft-knowledgebase/windows-2012/983-windows-2012-editions-licensing.html

➢ http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb776900%28v=vs.85%29.aspx