Windows Server Terminal Services Licensing

Our DC is Windows Server 2019 and we have a member server Windows Server 2019 as our RDS Server. I couldn't get the RDS server to see the DC running the RDS Licensing role, so I installed the RDS Licensing role on the RDS server, activated it and installed the 10 per user pack. In the next step we will add this License Server to the Terminal Server License group. Without this configuration the License Server won´t issue CALs to users and no reporting will be possible. Click ADD TO GROUP. In the next screen click CONTINUE. Click OK in the next screen to finish the configuration. Nov 30, 2017  Best practices for setting up Remote Desktop Licensing (Terminal Server Licensing) across Active Directory Domains/Forests or Workgroup. This article provides information on the questions around the supportability (or recommended approach) of setting up Remote Desktop (RD) Licensing across domain, forest or workgroups. Note: In Windows Server 2008 R2, Terminal Services is renamed to Remote Desktop Services. Here is the outline plan. Count the users (or devices) then buy that number of licenses. Go to Windows Server 2003, install the Terminal Services and also the Terminal Services Licensing. Add the licenses to the Terminal Server Licensing interface. Install the Remote Desktop software on the clients. (or use Web Connection.).

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The Remote Desktop Services license server issues client access licenses (CALs) to users and devices when they access the RD Session Host. You can activate the license server by using the Remote Desktop Licensing Manager.

Install the RD Licensing role

  1. Sign into the server you want to use as the license server using an administrator account.
  2. In Server Manager, click Roles Summary, and then click Add Roles.Click Next on the first page of the roles wizard.
  3. Select Remote Desktop Services, and then click Next, and then Next on the Remote Desktop Services page.
  4. Select Remote Desktop Licensing, and then click Next.
  5. Configure the domain - select Configure a discovery scope for this license server, click This domain, and then click Next.
  6. Click Install.

Windows Terminal Server Licensing

Activate the license server

  1. Open the Remote Desktop Licensing Manager: click Start > Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Licensing Manager.
  2. Right-click the license server, and then click Activate Server.
  3. Click Next on the welcome page.
  4. For the connection method, select Automatic connection (recommended), and then click Next.
  5. Enter your company information (your name, the company name, your geographic region), and then click Next.
  6. Optionally enter any other company information (for example, email and company addresses), and then click Next.
  7. Make sure that Start Install Licenses Wizard now is not selected (we'll install the licenses in a later step), and then click Next.

Windows Server Terminal Services License

Your license server is now ready to start issuing and managing licenses.