Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion

Task 22: Assign Client Access Licenses

In this task, you assign client access licenses (CALs) to users or devices in your Windows EBS network. The number of CALs that you can assign is determined by the CAL packs that you have installed.

Important

You must assign CALs to user accounts or devices to allow your users to log on to the Windows EBS network. To access network services, a user must have a licensed user account or log on from a licensed device.

Important

By default, Windows EBS automatically assigns a preinstalled CAL to the built-in Administrator account on the Management Server. (This CAL is in addition to any CALs that are added when you install CAL packs.) If the Administrator account is disabled, or you use a different account for domain ...