Microsoft ponders 'SuperCAL' for next-gen product wave
crn.com | at | by Mike
Microsoft is hashing out dramatically different licensing options for its next-gen servers, including a universal client access license (CAL) option, several sources said. Such a "SuperCAL," would bundle rights to many more server offerings than are now included in the "core CAL" as part of enterprise agreement (EA) licenses, several sources confirmed.
The universal CAL option could include access to BizTalk Server, SQL Server, Live Communications Server, Virtual Server and other "Windows Server Systems products, in addition to the Exchange Server, SharePoint Portal Server and Systems Management Server (SMS), and Windows and Office licenses offered in the current core CAL.