Exchange Downgrade Rights Server license and CALs

We currently are in the process of Migrating from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 and then on to 2013. Mailboxes are being migrated on a weekly basis to the new Exchange 2010 server, Our Exchange 2010 server is just using an Eval license as our goal is
to stand up a new Exchange 2013 server and just continue the move from exchange 2010 to 2013. If we purchase an Exchange 2013 server license (guessing it will be volume license) will we have a license key that we can use with our Exchange 2010 Eval server,
im concerned we will not get everything migrated to 2013 prior to our eval license expiring. Also, how would we handle our CALS for this situation?

Hi,
Agree with Steve’s suggestion, you won’t get the license key used by Exchange 2010 if you buy the Exchange 2013 license.
To choose the Exchange 2013 license version, you can refer to the following article:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/exchange/microsoft-exchange-server-licensing-licensing-overview-FX103746915.aspx
And here is a more reference about Exchange license common questions:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/exchange/microsoft-exchange-licensing-faq-email-for-business-FX103934581.aspx
If you have any question, please feel free to let me know.
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