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Licensing for the cloud

Customers with Exchange Server 2019 licenses may install the software on their own servers, or an Authorized Outsourcer’s server which is dedicated to them. Exchange Server 2019 Standard and Enterprise Server and CAL licenses with active Software Assurance are eligible…

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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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Exchange Online Voice Mail Service

Customers who have active Software Assurance on Exchange Server 2019 Standard or Enterprise licenses are entitled to use the Exchange Online Voice Mail Service of Cloud Voicemail to access voice messages from Outlook.

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Step-up licenses

There’s a Step-up license available to enable customers with active Software Assurance on their licenses to step up from Exchange Server Standard edition to Enterprise edition.

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Downgrade and down-edition rights

The usual downgrade rights are available to both Exchange Server 2019 Standard and Enterprise editions. In addition, if a customer has purchased an Exchange Server 2019 Enterprise license, then they have down-edition rights and can choose to deploy Standard edition…

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Exchange Server 2019 server editions

Exchange Server 2019 is available in Standard and Enterprise editions. The Standard edition is the base level edition with the Enterprise edition offering a greater level of scalability. Note that the edition of the Server license is a completely separate…

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Licensing for Disaster Recovery

Exchange Server 2019 is eligible for the Disaster Recovery benefit if customers have active Software Assurance on both their Server licenses and CALs. This means that they can install Exchange Server on a “cold” – that is, a turned off…

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Licensing a server farm

Exchange Server 2019 is consistent with the other products licensed with the Server/CAL model – if Server licenses are purchased with Software Assurance the License Mobility across Server Farms benefit is included, and licenses can be reassigned between servers in…

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Licensing virtual machines

As with all of the other Server/CAL licensed products, an Exchange Server 2019 Server license is assigned to a physical server and licenses Exchange Server 2019 to run in a single virtual machine. Additional Server licenses may be assigned to…

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Licensing external users

The Server license itself covers an unlimited number of external users for access to the basic functionality of the server. However, if external users require access to the advanced functionality of the server then they must be licensed with both…

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