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SharePoint 2016 Enterprise CAL
Obviously a newbie question, so I'm hoping this is an easy one to answer. I just took over a SharePoint 2016 migration (SP 2013 Std. to SP 2016 Ent.). I understand how to get the SP Enterprise license into the server in CA, but how do you download/install the Standard and Enterprise CALs? We have access to the VLSC, but our purchasing agent can't find them there and I don't know how to install them once I've got them. Can anybody at least point me in the right direction? Thanks for your help.
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FYI, if you decide to extend your new 2016 farm by making a hybrid with SP Online, the users licensing will need to be reassigned for O365.
You may want to use the recently announced Group licensing functionality in Azure AD, see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-licensing-group-assignment-azure-portal - no powershell required :)
Not sure if this is relevant in your case but just to add if you go hybrid alongside Office 365 as Dean mentioned, have a look at this, assuming it still holds true:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/volume-licensing/2013/10/10/licensing-how-to-using-office-365-user-licenses-to-meet-cal-requirements/
"What happens if I buy Office 365 but continue to run on premises workloads for certain products? The basic licensing concept is if you’ve purchased a User Subscription License for an Office 365 Service, that user is licensed to access the equivalent workload(s) running on premises. While the applicable application server CALs are not included in the Office 365 User subscription License, a CAL equivalency use right is included to access the on premises application server."
This goes by various names - “dual use rights,” “on premises use rights,” or “on premises access rights”. For example, an Office 365 Enterprise E3 licence includes, if this is right, a SharePoint Server Enterprise CAL for on premises functionality.
Hi Mike!
I believe this link should solve some doubt:
https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-licensing-overview
"In SharePoint 2016, for extranet and Internet sites scenarios, no CALs are required for external users."
- In SharePoint 2013 and in SharePoint 2016 you have the possibility to assign CALs per user by using PowerShell...obviously, if all the users are going to use the same type of CALS, this is not required...but if you have some users that have to be on standard CAL and others that have to be on enterprise CAL, then you can use this PowerShell Stuff: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj219627.aspx
Hi Mike!
I believe this link should solve some doubt:
https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-licensing-overview
"In SharePoint 2016, for extranet and Internet sites scenarios, no CALs are required for external users."
Edmar Souza wrote:Hi Mike!
I believe this link should solve some doubt:
https://products.office.com/en-us/sharepoint/sharepoint-licensing-overview
"In SharePoint 2016, for extranet and Internet sites scenarios, no CALs are required for external users."
Thanks, I actually have that link open on another monitor. I know I need Standard and Enterprise CALs for all of my users (everyone is an internal user), my question is, what do I do with the CALs once I have them? How do I install them? Or am I being obtuse and they're just a piece of paper and installing the Enterprise Server key takes care of everything?
It's just "a piece of paper". No need to install it.
Hi Mike,
The SharePoint Enterprise License is just a key, and you should add it in the Central Administration Tool.
Tiago Costa wrote:Hi Mike,
The SharePoint Enterprise License is just a key, and you should add it in the Central Administration Tool.
I that's how the server license works, is it the same for the CALs?
