Hello to all, MS stated the following about FIM Licensing:

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In short, prior to 1st of april 2015, you required

• a FIM server license for every FIM server installed and a CAL for every user managed in the FIM Service, or
• Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 External Connector

After 1st of april 2015:

• Windows Server license (Standard & Datacenter) will include FIM server entitlement
• FIM Server 2010 R2 lices will not be available anymore on the price lists

The FIM server will no longer be sold as a separate license, but instead Windows Server licenses will allow customers to install the FIM Server software.
Azure Active Directory Premium (AADP) and any suite that contains AADP, including Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) and Enterprise Cloud Suite (ECS), will also entitle users to access FIM.
Since FIM users already required a Windows Server CAL or equivalent to access FIM running on Windows Server, no additional Windows Server CALs (or Windows Server External Connector) will be required.

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   Questions:

   1- After 1st APril 2015, does I still need a FIM CAL for users (not the FIM server license, that is not necessary anymore because a Windows Server License is will be necessary for FIM server component), i.e. a CAL that is not the Windows CAL for users/machine, instead a specific FIM CAL for users that are managed by the tool?

   2- Will MIM licesing follow this the same steps (after 1st APril 2015) ?

   Regards, EEOC.

Yes, MIM will follow the same licensing.

And considering FIM CALs for users - they are needed if you are using FIMService, BHOLD or FIM CM. If you use only Synchronization Service , user CALs are not needed. So as long you won't use FIMService,BHOLD or FIM CM, CALs are not needed.