Dual use rights Office365

 

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A frequently asked Office 365 licensing question that we address on our Team is: what happens if I buy Office 365 but continue to run on premises workloads for certain products? We’ve seen Office 365 Community Forums and other sites light up with something called “dual use rights,” “on premises use rights,” or “on premises access rights.” What does this mean, and how does it apply to me?  Well, the short answer is, it depends.  The basic licensing concept is if you’ve purchased a User Subscription License (User SL, or USL) for an Office 365 Service, that user is licensed to access the equivalent workload(s) running on premises.  While the applicable application server CALs are not included in the Office 365 User  subscription License, a CAL equivalency use right is included to access the on premises application server. 
At a high level, it works like this: Users licensed for applicable/eligible Office 365 services have use rights equivalent to a CAL for the purpose of accessing equivalent on premises workloads.  For example, a user licensed for Exchange Online Plan 2 can use their USL to access Standard and Enterprise CAL features of an on premises Exchange Server.  Below is a table with the three Office 365 services which have “on premises access rights.”  On the left and center columns we listed the on premises product and CAL type.  On the right column, we note the Office 365 User SL with rights equivalent to the on premises product and functionality.

On Premises Product
On Premises functionality
Office 365 User SL equivalent
Exchange Server
Standard CAL
  • Exchange Online Plan 1 User SL
  • Exchange Online Plan 1G User SL
  • Exchange Online Plan 2 User SL
  • Exchange Online Plan 2A User SL
  • Exchange Online Plan 2G User SL
  • Office 365 Enterprise E1-E4 User SL
  • Office 365 Education A3-A4 User SL
  • Office 365 Government G1-G4 User SL
Enterprise CAL
  • Exchange Online Plan 2 User SL
  • Exchange Online Plan 2A User SL
  • Exchange Online Plan 2G User SL
  • Office 365 Enterprise E3-E4 User SL
  • Office 365 Education A3-A4 User SL
  • Office 365 Government G3-G4 User SL
SharePoint Server
Standard CAL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 1 User SL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 1G User SL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 2 User SL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 2A User SL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 2G User SL
  • Office 365 Enterprise E1-E4 User SL
  • Office 365 Education A3-A4 User SL
  • Office 365 Government G1-G4 User SL
Enterprise CAL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 2 User SL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 2A User SL
  • SharePoint Online Plan 2G User SL
  • Office 365 Enterprise E3-E4 User SL
  • Office 365 Education A3-A4 User SL
  • Office 365 Government G3-G4 User SL
Lync Server
Standard CAL
  • Lync Plan 1 or 1G User SL
  • Lync Plan 2, 2A or 2G User SL
  • Lync Plan 3, 3A or 3G User SL
  • Office 365 Enterprise E1-E4 User SL
  • Office 365 Education A3-A4 User SL
  • Office 365 Government G1-G4 User SL
Enterprise CAL
  • Lync Plan 2, 2A or 2G User SL
  • Lync Plan 3, 3A or 3G User SL
  • Office 365 Enterprise E1-E4 User SL
  • Office 365 Education A3-A4 User SL
  • Office 365 Government G1-G4 User SL
  • Live Meeting Standard User SL
  • Live Meeting Professional User SL
Plus CAL
  • Lync Online Plan 3, 3A or 3G User SL
  • Office 365 Enterprise E4 User SL
  • Office 365 Education A4 User SL
  • Office 365 Government G4 User SL
Please note that applicable CAL Suite Bridge licenses may be required for on premises access
to workloads not included (i.e. Windows Server) in the Office 365 User Subscription License,
see the applicable product specific sections in the
Product Use Rights document

 

Source: Dual use rights Office365 | Software Asset Management

Dual use rights Office365 was last modified: August 12th, 2019 by Jovan Stosic

Clearing up confusion about Office 365 Equivalency Use Rights | The EXPTA {blog}

Clearing up confusion about Office 365 Equivalency Use Rights

Friday, February 22, 2019

You may have heard about “Office 365 equivalency rights” or “dual use rights”. These rights allow users to access on premises servers, such as Windows Server, Exchange Server, SharePoint Server, and Skype for Business Server using their Office 365 E3 or E5 licenses.

Office 365 equivalency licenses only provide user use rights, not server rights. In other words, O365 licenses are equivalent to Exchange Server Client Access Licenses (both Standard and Enterprise) and Windows Server CALs, but you still need server licenses to run Exchange Server on Windows Server on premises.

One exception to this rule is that your Office 365 subscription let’s you use the free hybrid key to run an Exchange hybrid management server. An important caveat here is that the hybrid server cannot be used to host user mailboxes and you may still need a server license for Windows Server. The free hybrid key is available to all Enterprise Office 365 customers, even if they get their license from the CSP channel which says it’s “Not On Premises Capable — Cloud only rights”.

Source: Clearing up confusion about Office 365 Equivalency Use Rights | The EXPTA {blog}

Clearing up confusion about Office 365 Equivalency Use Rights | The EXPTA {blog} was last modified: August 12th, 2019 by Jovan Stosic