Hyper-V user CAL licensing

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For Hyper-V host there's no need to have user or device CAL for accessing guest VMs. So if I have VMs only with for example Ubuntu systems, I don't need any CAL in my environment. Is that right? I think, yes.
So the next question is, what about the case, when users want to connect to Hyper-V Server for having access to tools like console, restarting or snapshoting their VMs. Do I need CALs for them?
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per-device vs. per-user, the only thing which matters is the cost of buying them (they are otherwise identical from a use-rights perspective).
if you have more users (humans, not logon accounts) than you have devices (workstations,laptops, etc but not servers), then buy per-device CALs.
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So, you can buy either type, or, a mixture, whatever makes sense for your organisation's way of working, shared PC's, shiftworkers, etc.
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