CAL and costs

8 Feb 2006 6:36 AM

Chris

Hi @all.

I have a question regarding CALs (Client Access Licenses) and ASP.NET.
In some articles I have read, that you need CALs depending on the
number of clients you want to serve (autenthicate). So I am a little
bit confused. Do I really need a CAL for every (authenticated) user in
my ASP.NET application.

What do I "lose" when I do not use (buy) ACLs?

What can I do "without" ACLs?

I hope that this is the right NG to ask.

Thanks for every response.

9 Feb 2006 3:06 AM

Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) - MVP

There are no CALs for users of an ASP.NET app. You end up with CALs for
things like SQL Server (data access) if you are not using the free versions
(MSDE or SQL 2005 Express, for example). You can also end up with CALs on
other servers. But, you can even choose to use .NET (Mono) on Linux.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Chris" wrote:

> Hi @all.
>
> I have a question regarding CALs (Client Access Licenses) and ASP.NET.
> In some articles I have read, that you need CALs depending on the
> number of clients you want to serve (autenthicate). So I am a little
> bit confused. Do I really need a CAL for every (authenticated) user in
> my ASP.NET application.
>
> What do I "lose" when I do not use (buy) ACLs?
>
> What can I do "without" ACLs?
>
> I hope that this is the right NG to ask.
>
> Thanks for every response.
>
>