Updated: July 12, 2020 (April 22, 2013)
Analyst ReportSharePoint 2013 Adds License Enforcement System
New to SharePoint 2013, User License Enforcement (ULE) may help some organizations limit the number of SharePoint Enterprise Client Access Licenses (CALs) they need. A number of SharePoint features require an Enterprise CAL in addition to a Standard CAL, and once these features are enabled on SharePoint 2007 or 2010 servers, it is difficult to maintain license compliance without purchasing Enterprise CALs organization-wide. While ULE provides a way to restrict user access to SharePoint 2013 features that trigger the need for an Enterprise CAL, ULE falls short of a comprehensive SharePoint license compliance solution.
The Enterprise CAL Conundrum
Since the introduction of SharePoint 2007, customers accessing the full SharePoint Server feature set have been required to purchase two different CALs: a SharePoint Server Standard CAL (SCAL) and an Enterprise CAL (ECAL). The SCAL is always required and grants clients the right to use the majority of SharePoint features, while the ECAL adds rights to use SharePoint’s advanced capabilities. Examples of ECAL capabilities include the following:
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