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its going to be a hosted VPS cloud server 2016 with Fasthost
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its going to be a hosted VPS cloud server 2016 with Fasthost

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We are creating a cloud server for a customer who will be accessing it via a UNC path/mapping the path for them. &nbsp;they will use Active Directory on the cloud server to authenticate them to the mapped drive or data path. &nbsp;can someone confirm if User CALS are needed for this method of use?<br />
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the PC's themselves wont be domain joined to it but their will be active directory on their with a domain. &nbsp;they also wont RDPing to it.
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We are creating a cloud server for a customer who will be accessing it via a UNC path/mapping the path for them.  they will use Active Directory on the cloud server to authenticate them to the mapped drive or data path.  can someone confirm if User CALS are needed for this method of use?

the PC's themselves wont be domain joined to it but their will be active directory on their with a domain.  they also wont RDPing to it.

User CALS for cloud server

CALs

Cloud computing, also known as on-demand computing, is a kind of Internet-based computing where shared resources and information are provided to computers and other devices. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in third-party data centers, relying on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale.

Cloud Computing

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.