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Can you help me with my software licensing issue?

If I have a two node Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Failover cluster that needs to support 200 users, do I need to purchase 400 Client Access Licenses (200 for each node in the cluster), or do I only need to purchase 200 total?

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marked as duplicate by Iain May 7 '12 at 5:56


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I'll delete this if I'm wrong (I'm not a licensing expert), but in my experiences Per User licenses are just that - per user. If you have 200 users, you'll need 200 licenses.

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@Farseeker you are dead on. CALs are per named user or per named device and are not tied to the server at all. –  mrdenny Aug 11 '09 at 1:48