CAL Equivalent License
Catalog row in Vendor License Metrics · Cited
- Unit
- Other
- Aliases
- Management License Equivalent License; CAL/ML equivalency
- Definition
- CAL Equivalent License means a User SL or External Connector License identified in a Product’s “Server Software Access” table, or a CAL suite or SL, as identified in CAL and ML Equivalency Licenses, as applicable. A CAL suite is a CAL Equivalent License only if Customer purchased the License after the Server Product’s Date Available or if Customer had active SA coverage as of the Date Available. Rights to access server software running on Customer’s Licensed Servers or to Manage OSEs are available under CAL suites and Online Services SLs.
- Counting rules
- A CAL suite is a CAL Equivalent License only if Customer purchased the License after the Server Product’s Date Available or if Customer had active SA coverage as of the Date Available. No CAL equivalency is published. F1/F3 satisfies Windows Server 2025 Base and Additive RMS/MIM and listed Management Licenses; does not satisfy Exchange/SharePoint/Skype CALs. Only E5/E7 satisfies Skype Plus CAL. Office 365 has no Windows Server CAL column. Microsoft 365 User SL is not a SQL CAL and is not an RDS CAL (neither appears in Microsoft 365 columns). A1 and most Student Use Benefit users do not satisfy CAL/ML except ATA 2016 and Endpoint Configuration Manager.
- Floors / minimums
- Equivalency is version-specific (Windows Server 2025; Exchange/SharePoint/Skype Subscription Edition). Blank cells in the published table do not satisfy.
- Applies to products
- Windows Server
- Product category