Future OCS Licensing Changes

Thanks to Tommy Clarke’s blog post for alerting me to this.

Microsoft recently released a licensing brief (Base and Additive Client Access Licenses: An Explanation) which details future licensing changes upcoming in the next release of OCS (OCS Wave 14).

 Here is a summary of the key changes:

 1) A new OCS Voice CAL:

Will include the OCS Wave [...]

Curtis Johnstone, April 26th, 2010 | COMMENTS: Leave a comment

Key Facts on OCS & Communicator 2007 Licensing

The details of licensing OCS 2007 (including R2) and all it’s functionality can be complex. When you are planning a roll-out, it is helpful to understand some basics.

First, there are 5 types of licenses you may or may not need depending on your situation:

OCS Server Licenses (server licenses are done per server regardless of the roles installed). Enterprise [...]

Curtis Johnstone, December 11th, 2008 | COMMENTS: 4 comments