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client access license
Last modified: Thursday, August 24, 2006
Short for client access license,
CAL is a license that gives a user the right to
access the services of the server. CALs are primarily used for
Microsoft Server products where the CAL is based on
a per seat licensing (also called per user or per device), per server licensing, per processor licensing, or per mailbox licensing.
Microsoft CAL Guide If your company's workstations are networked, you will utilize a network server and the workstations on the network will access that server(s) software to perform certain functions such as file and print sharing. In order to legally access this server software, a client access license or CAL may be required.
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