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We purchased 4 "per device" CALs back in 2003 for access to our
WindowsServer-2003 server. I was told by our systems vendor that these CALs
were specific to individual PCs i.e. they were not assigned from a common
pool to the first 4 client machines that requested them.
Recently upon returning from a 4-week vacation I was surprised to find that
my laptop (one of the 4 client machines) was unable to connect to the server
because it did not have a CAL.
On the server I ascertained that there were a total of 6 per Device CALs
issued to 6 different workstations. In addition, I also saw 2 temporary CALs
issued.
My question is, how did my laptop lose its CAL? Are per-device CALs not
bound to specific devices? How do I have 6 CALs when I was only supposed to
have 4? How do I obtain a CAL for my laptop again?
Thanks
Uday Menon
WindowsServer-2003 server. I was told by our systems vendor that these CALs
were specific to individual PCs i.e. they were not assigned from a common
pool to the first 4 client machines that requested them.
Recently upon returning from a 4-week vacation I was surprised to find that
my laptop (one of the 4 client machines) was unable to connect to the server
because it did not have a CAL.
On the server I ascertained that there were a total of 6 per Device CALs
issued to 6 different workstations. In addition, I also saw 2 temporary CALs
issued.
My question is, how did my laptop lose its CAL? Are per-device CALs not
bound to specific devices? How do I have 6 CALs when I was only supposed to
have 4? How do I obtain a CAL for my laptop again?
Thanks
Uday Menon