#Difference between device cal and user cal software
Under the Server+CAL licensing model, each operating system environment (OSE) running SQL Server 2017 software or any of its components must have a SQL Server 2017 server license assigned to the physical server hosting the OSE. Shashank Please mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it Each server licenseĪllows customers to run any number of SQL Server instances in a single OSE, either physical or virtual A CAL is not software it is a license granting users and devices access to the SQL Server software. Microsoft offers both Standard and Enterprise user and device CALs for Exchange Server through TechSoup. When licensing the SQL Server 2017 Standard Edition software under the Server+CAL model, customers purchase a server license for each server, and a client access license (CAL) for each device (Device CAL) and/or user (User CAL) accessing SQL Server orĪny of its components. An Exchange Server device or user CAL is required for each device or user accessing or using the server software. With the Per Core model, customers do not need to purchase additionalĬlient access licenses (CALs) to access the SQL Server software. Unlike the Server+CAL licensing model, the Per Core model allows access for an unlimited number of users or devices to connect from either inside or outside an organization’s firewall. Needed, depends on whether customers are licensing the physical server or individual virtual operating system environments (OSEs). Under the Per Core licensing model, each server running SQL Server 2017 software or any of its components (such as Reporting Services or Integration Services) must be assigned an appropriate number of SQL Server 2017 core licenses. I am about to download SQL server 2017, what is difference between CORE and CAL based product?