Guest SF Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 We have some mail and scan to folder enabled printers on my network. For best functionality they need to have a network login in with which to authenticate to the domain. These "users" show up in my licensing server as unlicensed users. I am uncertain if these accounts should require CALs or not. My vendor account rep can't seem to give me a straight answer. Do these "service users" require CALs? and if not how can I get them out of my license reporting to make the books look correct? Any answers?
Guest kj [SBS MVP] Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Re: Do I need CALs for service accounts? SF wrote: > We have some mail and scan to folder enabled printers on my network. > For best functionality they need to have a network login in with which > to authenticate to the domain. > > These "users" show up in my licensing server as unlicensed users. I am > uncertain if these accounts should require CALs or not. > > My vendor account rep can't seem to give me a straight answer. > > Do these "service users" require CALs? and if not how can I get them > out of my license reporting to make the books look correct? > > Any answers? Yes, these devices need coverage by a CAL as they are authenticating. Your choices are; Device CAL - for use by anyone. USER CAL - When only one set of credentials would be supplied. If the device is used only by people who are already covered by a user CAL and using their credentials, then no additional CAL would be required. Always best to have MS licensing give direct and authoritative answers though. -- /kj
Guest Geoff Schaller Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Re: Do I need CALs for service accounts? Kj, I am pretty sure this is not accurate or our SBS servers would have complained long ago. The server runs some 90+ services with logins, half them an administrator account. W only have 25 CALs installed and mostly, around 20-22 connected users, not counting the administrator also usually logged on. We only get messages about approaching the user limit when logged on users approach the appropriate number. Geoff "kj [sBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message news:uSJOHbJ2IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > SF wrote: > > > We have some mail and scan to folder enabled printers on my network. > > For best functionality they need to have a network login in with which > > to authenticate to the domain. > > > > These "users" show up in my licensing server as unlicensed users. I am > > uncertain if these accounts should require CALs or not. > > > > My vendor account rep can't seem to give me a straight answer. > > > > Do these "service users" require CALs? and if not how can I get them > > out of my license reporting to make the books look correct? > > > > Any answers? > > > Yes, these devices need coverage by a CAL as they are authenticating. Your > choices are; > > Device CAL - for use by anyone. > > USER CAL - When only one set of credentials would be supplied. > > If the device is used only by people who are already covered by a user CAL > and using their credentials, then no additional CAL would be required. > > Always best to have MS licensing give direct and authoritative answers > though. > > -- > /kj
Guest SF Posted June 29, 2008 Posted June 29, 2008 Re: Do I need CALs for service accounts? On Jun 28, 1:04 am, "Geoff Schaller" <geo...@softxwareobjectives.com.au> wrote: > Kj, > > I am pretty sure this is not accurate or our SBS servers would have > complained long ago. The server runs some 90+ services with logins, half > them an administrator account. W only have 25 CALs installed and mostly, > around 20-22 connected users, not counting the administrator also > usually logged on. We only get messages about approaching the user limit > when logged on users approach the appropriate number. > > Geoff > > "kj [sBS MVP]" <KevinJ....@SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:uSJOHbJ2IHA.3756@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl: > > > SF wrote: > > > > We have some mail and scan to folder enabled printers on my network. > > > For best functionality they need to have a network login in with which > > > to authenticate to the domain. > > > > These "users" show up in my licensing server as unlicensed users. I am > > > uncertain if these accounts should require CALs or not. > > > > My vendor account rep can't seem to give me a straight answer. > > > > Do these "service users" require CALs? and if not how can I get them > > > out of my license reporting to make the books look correct? > > > > Any answers? > > > Yes, these devices need coverage by a CAL as they are authenticating. Your > > choices are; > > > Device CAL - for use by anyone. > > > USER CAL - When only one set of credentials would be supplied. > > > If the device is used only by people who are already covered by a user CAL > > and using their credentials, then no additional CAL would be required. > > > Always best to have MS licensing give direct and authoritative answers > > though. > > > -- > > /kj The issue is that these are devices connecting to the server. So I think that KJ is correct. However it seems unfair that you should need a CAL to get your scanner working properly. I guess that would be a PER DEVICE license.
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