If a company ran a 24/7 call centre, then a single PC might be shared by 3 or 4 different people, by using Device CALs they pay for one license for the machine and it covers who ever sits there (but using that model, copiers, etc. If we used Device CALs, I would need one license for each of those. We use User CALs, I have one license, it applies to me and it covers my desktop, phone, laptop, etc. Yes you can use NAT and shared accounts so that the server can't easily identify how many users or devices are connecting, but that doesn't have any impact what so ever on how many licenses you are required to have. The licensing isn't technical, it's contractual. User CALs apply to a natural person (which is why the "one account for 50 people" thing doesn't work)ĭevice CALs apply to an end user device, be it a PC, printer, mobile phone, etc. This is all explained fairly clearly in the MS licensing docs, but to summarize:
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