Licensing

Our current Microsoft Campus Agreement for Office includes the option for administrative areas to license an additional product called Core CAL suite. Some administrative areas have expressed an interest in migrating to Microsoft’s Enterprise CAL Suite through the Campus Agreement. The Computer Store needs to gauge interest in licensing Core CAL and Enterprise CALs by administrative areas within the university in order to get an accurate representation of the university's licensing needs for CALs.

Please contact the Computer Store licensing group at PSULSS@psu.edu if you have any questions about the information provided below concerning Core CALs and Enterprise CAL.

The Enterprise CAL Suite includes the following CALs

• Windows Server 2008 CAL (part of Core CAL) this is centrally funded for those not in Core CAL
• Exchange Server 2007 Standard CAL (Part of Core CAL)
• Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise CAL
• Office SharePoint Server 2007 Standard CAL (Part of Core CAL)
• Office SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise CAL
• Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Standard CAL
• Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Enterprise CAL
• Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007 Configuration Management License (Part of Core CAL)
• System Center Operations Manager 2007 Client Monitoring
• Windows Rights Management Services
• Forefront Security Suite

One of the biggest deciding factors whether Enterprise CAL Suite is needed for many people will be the Exchange Server CALs.

Below is information taken from Microsoft to explain the use of Exchange servers and the proper use of the standard and enterprise CALs.

Exchange Server 2007 is offered in two server editions: Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition.

Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition is designed to meet the messaging and collaboration needs of small and medium corporations; it may also be appropriate for specific server roles or branch offices.

Exchange Server 2007 Enterprise Edition, designed for large enterprise corporations, enables creation of multiple storage groups and databases.

Exchange Server 2007 is offered in two client access license (CAL) editions: Standard CAL and Enterprise CAL.

The Exchange Server Standard CAL provides access to e-mail, shared calendaring and Outlook Web Access (OWA). In addition you will get advancements that reduce the cost and complexity of the messaging system by giving IT Administrators the messaging protection their company demands, the anywhere access their end users want and the reliability they need.

The Exchange Server Enterprise CAL is an additive CAL and requires that a Standard CAL is also purchased for each user or device. The Exchange Server Enterprise CAL provides access to Unified Messaging and advanced compliance, as well as Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Exchange Hosted Filtering for onsite and hosted antivirus and anti-spam protection.

A CAL is required for each user or device (depending on the license) accessing the server. Either version of the CAL may be run against either version of the server.

Exchange Server 2007 Edition Offerings

The numbers of storage groups and databases in the above table is the maximum number of each object that can be created in each edition of Exchange Server 2007. In both editions of Exchange Server 2007, each storage group is limited to a maximum of five databases. Therefore, on the Standard Edition of Exchange Server 2007, the maximum number of databases per server is five, and on the Enterprise Edition of Exchange Server 2007, the maximum number of databases per server is fifty. For more information, see Managing Storage Groups and Databases at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998926.aspx.

The table below illustrates what features are included with the Exchange Server Standard CAL and Exchange Server Enterprise CAL. The last column illustrates what features can be accessed if you own both the Exchange Server Standard CAL and the Exchange Server Enterprise CAL.