Exchange CAL require for mail-enabled groups ?

[pk]

In Exchange 2003 environment, if I mail enabled a group in Active Directory
2003 a, do I need to acquire a Exchange CAL to legalise this action ?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No, not in "extra for that created group".
CAL stands for "Client Access License" which means that you need an extra
CAL only when you have an extra user or device accessing your Exchange
server.

 

[Gordon]

No, not in "extra for that created group".
CAL stands for "Client Access License" which means that you need an extra
CAL only when you have an extra user or device accessing your Exchange
server.

I have to say this is one of the biggest rip-offs that MS has EVER come up
with. You licence a Workstation OS, you then licence a a Server OS. And
then, you have to buy another licence so the Workstation can access the
Server! Marvelous! Why the big corporations, without whom MS would not
exist, ever fell for this one I shall never know.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Not really. With the CAL system you pay per usage. Without that system the
standalone server product would be much more expensive to spread the costs
(or collect the earnings, whichever way you would like to look at it). This
would result in the server product becoming too expensive for SMB's and only
affordable to large companies.

Also note that we are not talking about client/server OS's and client-server
access here. This has nothing to do with the CAL system accessing the
Exchange services from a client computer. This can be any client (even
non-Microsoft based) capable of making an Exchange, POP3 or IMAP connection
or has a browser installed.