installing user CALs on SQL server 2016 standard

• bgz30

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  July 11, 2017 at 1:31 pm

  #327350

  Could someone kindly guide me on how to install user CALs on SQL server 2016 standard edition?

  Thanks.

• Gail Shaw

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  July 11, 2017 at 1:47 pm

  #1950426

  Licensing is about paperwork. You need to have bought enough CALs for your users and have the paperwork to prove it when you get audited. They aren't objects that you load into SQL Server

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• bgz30

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  July 11, 2017 at 1:55 pm

  #1950428

  thanks for the response.