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Microsoft resources: Windows Server 2025

Here’s a list of Windows Server resources from Microsoft all in one place. The rating column reflects our opinion of how useful the documents or websites are: DateResourceOverviewPagesRatingFebruary 2025Windows Server 2025 Licensing GuideA decent Licensing Guide covering all aspects of…

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Availability of AD RMS licenses

AD RMS User and Device CALs and AD RMS External Connector licenses are available with or without Software Assurance through the Volume Licensing agreements. These licenses are also available through the Cloud Solution Provider program as perpetual licenses without Software…

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CAL equivalent licenses

A User SL for an Online Service that includes rights to access a licensed on-premises server is known as a CAL equivalent license. Because the User SL is a subscription license it’s deemed to be equivalent to the latest version…

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Licensing AD RMS

In common with RDS, there are no additional AD RMS licensing requirements for the server device as long as it is licensed with Windows Server Core licenses. Every user or device that accesses the AD RMS services of the server…

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Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)

AD RMS can be used to protect documents using information rights management (IRM) which allows a user to attach access permissions to a particular document which can prevent it from being opened, forwarded or printed by unauthorized people, for example.

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Availability of RDS licenses

RDS User and Device CALs and RDS External Connector licenses are available with or without Software Assurance through the Volume Licensing agreements. These licenses are also available through the Cloud Solution Provider program as perpetual licenses without Software Assurance. In…

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Licensing RDS

Since RDS is a role of Windows Server, the server device must be licensed with Windows Server Core licenses, but there’s no notion of an RDS server license, so no further licenses are required for the server itself. Every user…

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