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Could any one explain Exchange Server SE Licensing Model?
Assigning the M365 A3/A5 license is mandatory for compliance, even if the mailbox is fully on-premises.
There is no separate “Exchange SE User CAL”, your cloud suite license is the entitlement. The license simply grants the user rights to use Exchange Server SE.
Assigning the M365 A3/A5 license is mandatory for compliance, even if the mailbox is fully on-premises.
There is no separate “Exchange SE User CAL”, your cloud suite license is the entitlement. The license simply grants the user rights to use Exchange Server SE.
See also, https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/terms/product/CALandMLEquivalencyLicenses/all. Note, there is no assignment of these licenses to on-prem users. You simply need to ensure that you have purchased enough licenses to cover on-prem mailboxes.
The EUR that come with MA3 and MA5 provide the server licenses, as well. But if you go that route, only users with MA3/MA5 licenses can access the server (although external users can send email through it).
