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You will need a 2008 server CAL for each device or user that is going to access the file server
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You will need a 2008 server CAL for each device or user that is going to access the file server

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(here's microsoft's faq about 2008 licensing: <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx" rel="ugc">http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx</a>&nbsp;)<br />

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(here's microsoft's faq about 2008 licensing: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-faq.aspx] )


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I thought the CAL is only for users to access software on Windows 2008, and each windows XP holds one CAL to access member servers. &nbsp;also since the server is file server which just contains documents, should all &nbsp;shared folders also be considered as &quot;Software&quot;? <br />
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Thanks!
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I thought the CAL is only for users to access software on Windows 2008, and each windows XP holds one CAL to access member servers.  also since the server is file server which just contains documents, should all  shared folders also be considered as "Software"?

Thanks!

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I see, thank you very much!
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I'm installing a Windows 2008 Enterprise Server and will configure it as a File Server, more than 200 users/workstations need to access shared folder on this 2008 server. all workstations are running Windows XP, and all are in one Windows 2003 domain...My manager ask me to make sure we have enough license to run this 2008 server, so I'm wondering that how many CALs do I need to purchase for allowing all users to access shared folders? <br />
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Thanks!<br />
Ben
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I'm installing a Windows 2008 Enterprise Server and will configure it as a File Server, more than 200 users/workstations need to access shared folder on this 2008 server. all workstations are running Windows XP, and all are in one Windows 2003 domain...My manager ask me to make sure we have enough license to run this 2008 server, so I'm wondering that how many CALs do I need to purchase for allowing all users to access shared folders? 

Thanks!
Ben

Do I need purchase windows 2008 CAL?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.