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Could somebody review am I right in calculation of licenses for the Enterprise SP 2016 farm and Project Server below?

Target topology:

  • Web Front End [Windows Server 2016] - 1
  • Application + Distributed Cache [Windows Server 2016] - 1
  • Search [Windows Server 2016] - 1
  • Database / SQL Server 2016 [Windows Server 2016] - 1
  • Office Web Apps [Windows Server 2016] - 1
  • Development Standalone farm [Windows Server 2016] - 1

The list of MS licenses:

Server licenses

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 - 6 pcs
  • SharePoint Server 2016 - 6 pcs
  • SQL Server Enterprise 2016 - 6 pcs
  • Project Server 2016 - 1 pcs

Client Access Licensing

  • SharePoint 2016 Standard CAL - 135 pcs
  • SharePoint 2016 Enterprise CAL - 135 pcs
  • Project Server 2016 CAL - 100 pcs
  • Windows Server 2016 CAL - 135 pcs

Questions:

>> Do we need the SQL Server CAL licenses for users?

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  • why have you specified 135 pieces of CAL licenses, would you pelase explain this, I am trying to understand teh scenerio here. Oct 28, 2016 at 16:10
  • Because 135 employees should have an access to the SharePoint and about 100 employees to Project.
    – blindpilot
    Nov 1, 2016 at 8:49

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Please contact Microsoft regarding all licensing questions as there are so many uncertainties at this point on your list, e.g.,

  • you will definitely NOT need SQL Server Enterprise license on all servers
  • you might not even need SQL Ent, but might be fine with Std
  • you don't need both Std and Ent CAL for SharePoint
  • you don't need SP license on SQL Server, unless you use Reporting Services and install SP on SQL
  • you don't need SP license on Office Web Apps, but may need Office CALs if you want people to be able to modify Office docs using browser
  • you might not need SP license on Dev machine, if you have MSDN developer licenses

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