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Which hosting provider are you considering? If it is Amazon then licensing is included in their pricing.<br />
You always need CALs, but some providers will include them for you in the cost.
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Which hosting provider are you considering? If it is Amazon then licensing is included in their pricing.
You always need CALs, but some providers will include them for you in the cost.

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I currently have a Win 2003 file/AD/DNS/DHCP server with 50+ CALS and want to put it in the cloud.<br />
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The hoster provided Win 2008 server pricing, but said CALS are NOT needed since it will be hosted.<br />
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1. Is this a &quot;true&quot; statement ?<br />
2. What Microsoft articles will provide it ?
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I currently have a Win 2003 file/AD/DNS/DHCP server with 50+ CALS and want to put it in the cloud.

The hoster provided Win 2008 server pricing, but said CALS are NOT needed since it will be hosted.

1. Is this a "true" statement ?
2. What Microsoft articles will provide it ?

windows server 2008 -- no longer need CALS ?

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Windows Server 2008

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Windows Server 2012

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