Re: Question about Windows Server License requirements
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:38 pm
by sgreen
This is indeed true. You need Windows server cals either for every device or every user that would connect. I would suggest trying out scalix activesync and blackberry activesync clients if you want to avoid paying this.
Re: Question about Windows Server License requirements
Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:32 pm
by jangi
What about in a Windows shop? If you're licensing "per seat," and all the computers have a Windows CAL, do you really need Windows CALs for the BBs? That seems... well, really stupid. I can't imagine most companies actually complying with that. If you don't need CALs for the BB, than I don't think it would be any different in a linux shop... The Scalix server would need a CAL to communicate with the BES server.
Re: Question about Windows Server License requirements
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:48 am
by AdrianChapman
sgreen wrote:This is indeed true. You need Windows server cals either for every device or every user that would connect.
Since the BES server only "connects" to the Scalix server and to RIM's servers, that's not an issue. Users & their devices don't connect directly.
Win Server retail comes with 5 CALS, so you're covered.