Help with Windows Server CALs

Question

1C-Bitrix

Given:
Windows Server 2008 R2;
hMailServer mail server, which can do AD authorization;
1s-bitrix, which also knows how to AD / LDAP authorization.

We want to make a single user base so that the login on the site and in the mail matches. At the same time, we do not need the Windows domain itself, NTLM either.
I create InetOrgPerson records in AD. Mail and the site were picked up - everything is ok.

Now the question is: what about licensing? Do we need to buy any extras? CALs? Are there any limits on the number of records in AD or on network connections?

^{PS In anticipation of messages like "install Linux", I inform you that the salary level does not allow us to hire qualified personnel for Linux maintenance.}

Answer 1

www.microsoft.com/eng/licensing/Products/Server/WindowsServer2008/Default.aspx
> No CALs required:
for users or devices that access instances of the server software over the Internet only without authentication or other individual identification
, i.e. e. this is not your case and you need either CAL if there are a foreseeable number of users, or Windows Server External Connector

Answer 2

> salary level does not allow us to hire qualified personnel
Try outsourcing. Once everything is set up and monitored remotely can be quite cheap.
For anyone, it will be cheaper than buying a pack of feces from MS. In what quantity and what any sales partner ms will tell you.

Answer 3

Recently looking for an answer: How to license IIS.
I found that licenses from ms are required if the connection to the server is not anonymous, i.e. Passed MS Server authorization.
It turns out that if MS authorization is not used, then a license is needed only for a server with the necessary services.

Answer 4

I think the most correct option is to call any integrator from whom you buy software. There they can usually explain on the fingers, with links to documents.
They don't beat for demand.

Answer 5

I called softkey. The correct answer was voiced by Busla : for internal users, if they have an account in the software, you need to buy CAL. Without a difference from MS the software is twisted or not. At the same time, there are no technical restrictions, this is a purely legal issue. Discount from MS starts from 500 licenses.

Answer 6

Most interesting.
I suspect that the number of users depends on the edition of win2k8.
And yet, where to enter these CAL licenses in the server itself?

Answer 7

Windows Server 2008 R2 CAL is a license for the number of connections to the server, to any services built into Windows Server.
Here is the information where to put them: social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/nl/windowsserver2008r2general/thread/6826da5c-e12e-4d59-9a95-a4bb4bf83b87 In three words, CAL licenses are a document confirming their presence.
Servers come with a certain number of CAL licenses, with Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard they give 5 pcs, I don’t know about the rest. The number of CALs for a particular server must be equal to the number of computers and servers on your network.
I must say that some Windows Server services are licensed additionally, such as Terminal Services, this does not eliminate the need for CAL. AD does not need to be licensed separately.

Answer 8

if you consider that you have 1C-Bitrix, then there is a chance that you also have sql ... and then you need both regular CAL and SQL CAL (unless, of course, you use SQL Express or you do not have Small Business Server / Essentials)