Licensing and Pricing FAQ

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No, Outlook client license was no longer included with any Exchange CAL after Exchanger Server 2003 – it must be purchased separately from Exchange Server 2010. The Exchange Server 2010 Standard CAL provides the rights to access e-mail, calendar, contacts, and tasks through either Outlook Web App (OWA) or through a mobile device via ActiveSync.

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These features have evolved into “Retention Policies” in Exchange Server 2010 and now include the additional flexibility of applying policies to individual emails in addition to folders. See the following table for an explanation of how these features have evolved across versions:

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Many of the features from these separate technologies have been updated and combined to create Exchange Server 2010 “Mailbox Resiliency” and SCC, LCR, SCR, and CCR have been discontinued in Exchange Server 2010. Unlike in Exchange Server 2003/2007, Mailbox Resiliency will be included in both Exchange Standard Server and Exchange 2010 Enterprise Server to offer customers additional flexibility for licensing and deploying high-availability.

See the following table for an explanation of how these features have evolved across versions:

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No, either CAL edition can be user with either server edition.

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One server license is required for each running instance of Exchange Server 2010 – whether it is installed natively on a physical machine or on a virtual machine. Learn more about Exchange Server 2010 virtualization support.

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Yes, the Exchange External connector license is unchanged in Exchange Server 2010 from the previous version.

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You can purchase one External Connector license for each server that your non-employee users will connect to, rather than CALs for each of these users. Please see the Exchange product use rights (PUR) for additional information.

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Customers may still license Exchange Server 2010 with either per-user or per-device CALs. If several users share a desktop and do not individually access the Exchange server from other locations (e.g. their home PCs) then they can be licensed with just one device CAL.

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Yes, there are two. First, as in Exchange 2007, all Exchange Server 2010 users/devices must also have Windows Server 2008 CALs. Second, if customers want to use Information Rights Management in the Standard CAL or Information Protection & Compliance (IPC) in the Enterprise CAL, then they will need to license and install Windows Rights Management Server (RMS).

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Yes. If customers want to use Mailbox Resiliency high-availability features as part of the Exchange 2010 Standard/Enterprise Server, then they will need to license and install Windows Server 2008 Enterprise license to support clustering. All other features other than Mailbox Resiliency of Exchange 2010 Enterprise Server only require Windows Server 2008 Standard license.

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No, these features are only available in the Enterprise CAL or E-CAL Suite.

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Yes – customers are charged annually for subscriptions to Forefront Security for Exchange Server and Forefront Online Security for Exchange to protect their users from viruses and spam (collectively “Services”). Customers may also choose to purchase the Exchange Enterprise CAL without Services if they do not need anti-virus and anti-SPAM protection.

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If purchased in Open, the Exchange Enterprise CAL is available either with or without Services. If purchased in Select, customers have two options. They can buy the License (L-only) and get the CAL without Software Assurance or Services. Or if they want Software Assurance (L&SA), they must also buy the Services.

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The Server licenses and CALs described above provide use rights for standalone Exchange Server 2010, but they can also be purchased as part of several suites along with other Microsoft products:

Please note that both SBS and EBS are currently sold with the previous version of Exchange, Exchange Server 2007.

See the links above for pricing and more information about choosing to purchase Exchange Server license as part of a suite.