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Exchange Server 2016 licensing
Learn about your options for licensing Exchange Server 2016. For information about prerequisites for licenses, see*Exchange Server 2016 Prerequisites.
Server licenses With this license type, a license must be assigned for each instance of the server software that is being run. There are two server editions:
- Standard:*designed for the mailbox needs of small to midsize organizations. Also appropriate for non-mailbox roles in a larger Exchange deployment. This edition supports 1 to 5 mailbox databases.
- Enterprise:*designed for larger organizations that may require a greater number of mailbox databases. This edition supports 1 to 100 mailbox databases.
Client access licenses (CALs) With this license type, a CAL is required for each user or device that accesses the server software. There are two types of CALs for Exchange, both of which work with either edition of the server:
- Standard:*designed to help users be more productive from virtually any platform, browser, or mobile device, with features in Exchange Server 2016 that help your users be productive no matter where they are*"while*helping protect your organization's data. To enable Standard CAL features for a user, the user must be licensed with the Standard CAL.
- Enterprise:*designed to allow organizations to reduce the cost and complexity of meeting compliance requirements with new integrated archiving functionality and information protection capabilities, while also helping you cut costs by replacing legacy voice mail systems with Unified Messaging. The Enterprise CAL is sold as an add-on to the Standard CAL*"to enable Enterprise CAL features, the user must be licensed with one Standard CAL plus one Enterprise CAL.
The following table provides a detailed feature breakdown for each CAL. Feature Standard CAL Standard plus Enterprise CAL* Email, calendar, contacts, and tasks Outlook on the Web (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Edge support) Apps for Outlook and Outlook on the web Site mailboxes* Role-based access control (RBAC) capabilities Journaling Per database Per user/distribution list Journal decryption * Unified Messaging * Retention policies Default and custom Default and custom In-Place Archive* * Multi-mailbox search In-Place Hold * Data Loss Prevention (DLP)* * Information protection and control (IPC): transport protection rules, Outlook protection rules, Information Rights Management (IRM) search *
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