A powerfully networked, highly secure state and local government workforce and workplace is critical to meeting the diverse functions and demands of today's government agency. To make sure every worker has a full-range of technology capabilities to operate at an accelerated pace of efficiency and security, Microsoft introduced the Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) Suite in October 2006, which has the potential to add enormous flexibility to your agency operations. Whether to upgrade your current Microsoft Core CAL Suite to the Enterprise CAL Suite is a critical decision for every government information technology (IT) department. Here's some information to help you understand what the Enterprise CAL Suite includes and its benefits. On This PageWhat is the Enterprise CAL Suite?CALs grant access to certain Microsoft server software. The Core CAL Suite provides core infrastructure for an organization, while the Enterprise CAL Suite extends an organization's infrastructure to support collaboration, communication, and compliance scenarios with enhanced security. The Enterprise CAL Suite is composed of the Core CAL Suite plus additional components that license users for enhanced functionality, such as: | • | Direct push mobile e-mail | | • | Unified messaging | | • | E-mail archiving | | • | Virus/spam protection |
| | • | Records management | | • | Web content management | | • | Enterprise search | | • | Web forms |
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CAL Suite ComparisonThe Microsoft CAL Suites are comprised of the following CALs: | • | Microsoft Windows Server CAL | | • | Microsoft System Management Server CAL | | • | Microsoft Exchange Server Standard CAL | | • | Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Standard CAL |
| All CoreCAL Suite licenses, plus: | • | Microsoft Exchange Server Enterprise CAL | | • | Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Enterprise CAL | | • | Microsoft Communications Server Standard CAL | | • | Microsoft Communications Server Enterprise CAL | | • | Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services CAL | | • | Microsoft Forefront Security Suite | | • | Microsoft Operations Manager Desktop Operations Management License (OML) |
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Top 5 ways the Enterprise CAL Suite can help improve the efficiency and cost of conducting the business of governmentThe Enterprise CAL Suite makes solid business sense for state and local government agencies because it helps to: 1. | Reduce overhead for the most critical aspects of IT ownership: agency-wide desktop licensing fees, installation, administration, support, and training. | 2. | Meet stringent new regulatory compliance mandates and certification requirements. | 3. | Deploy new and enhanced Microsoft applications quickly and cost-effectively — in some instances even virtually — as your agency's needs require. | 4. | Extend your agency's IT budget by getting advanced capabilities at a lower price than purchasing individual CALs or solutions. | 5. | Simplify your job with Microsoft's most streamlined and cost-effective method to acquire and manage licenses. |
Key benefits for government agenciesUsing the Enterprise CAL Suite as your client licensing solution provides for a number of benefits to state and local government agencies. Here are some of the top benefits. | • | Enhanced communications, mobility, and compliance. As government work increases in complexity, the Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite helps your workers get more work done faster and in compliance with government technology requirements and regulations. | | • | Secure, well-managed, and compliant data and desktops. Protecting data and securing systems has never been a greater priority for government agencies, and it has never been a higher priority at Microsoft. The Enterprise CAL Suite pulls together many of Microsoft's security investments, including Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services, Microsoft Forefront Security Suite, and Desktop Monitoring with Microsoft Operations Manager. | | • | Improved user tools and experience. Enterprise CAL Suite provides your employees with more powerful tools to perform their jobs more efficiently and more easily. When you upgrade to the Enterprise CAL Suite, you enhance the worker experience and help them manage "information overload" with an industrial strength commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) e-mail system, "in the box" tools for regulatory compliance, improved anti-spam and virus protection, new workflows for content management, and the ability to conduct relevance-based search integrated with other business systems. | | • | Significant cost savings. More value for your agency's money — that's the core financial benefit Enterprise CAL Suite delivers to your agency's IT operations. By driving standardization, simplifying the acquisition and management of licenses, and vastly improving operational efficiency, you can dramatically reduce the agency's total cost of ownership for virtually every budgetary technology line item. That includes lower prices than individual CALs. |
In summary, the Microsoft Enterprise Client Access License (CAL) Suite brings together 11 of the latest Microsoft products to provide your organization with the newest innovations in compliance, real-time collaboration, security, communication, desktop management, and more. The Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite provides an outstanding opportunity for customers to use their existing investments in the Microsoft core platform. In addition, the Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite provides a significant cost savings over the purchase of individual CALs. Customers considering investments in just two of the products included in the suite will find that the economic value of the Microsoft Enterprise CAL Suite becomes compelling. For more information| • | For more information about the Microsoft CAL Suites, visit the CAL Suites Web site. | | • | The Enterprise CAL Suite is available through Microsoft Volume Licensing programs. To learn how to acquire products for U.S state and local government through Microsoft Volume Licensing, visit the How to Buy guide. |
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