This blog article will guide you through the steps of setting up Remote Desktop Licensing or Terminal Services Licensing as it’s known in previous versions of Windows Server. You’ve decided to move from Windows 2003 R2 to 2008 R2 domain controllers and you want to run your terminal services licensing on the new domain controllers.
Setup Remote Desktop Services Web Access on Server 2008 R2 1. In this example I’ve got a fresh server which is a domain member, and I’m going to put the Licensing server and the same box. Oct 4, 2014 - Installing Remote Desktop License Server on Server 2008 R2. If you don't have Remote Desktop Services Client Access Licenses (RDS CALs), your users. Windows Components → Remote Desktop Services → Remote.
You can run the licensing for all your terminal servers operating with Windows 2000 Server and newer Windows Server versions on Windows Server 2008 R2. On the domain controllers where you want to install the Terminal Services Licensing component, open Server Manager and select “Add Roles”. Then select the “Remote Desktop Services” role and click next (twice): Don’t worry, this will not turn your domain controller into a terminal server. Select “Remote Desktop Licensing” and click next: I recommend taking a look at this before choosing one of these options. Select the appropriate option for your environment, click next, and then click install: Open RD Licensing Manager. Right click the licensing server and select “Activate Server”: There will be a couple of screens to enter information on that is specific to your organization. Enter this information and click next on each screen.
Once you’ve completed the activation process, click next and the license installation wizard will begin. If you have not purchased licenses yet, uncheck this checkmark and click finish. Select the type of licenses you purchased from the drop down and click next: There will be a couple of screens to enter information on that is specific to the licensing you purchased. Enter this information and click next on each screen. The final screen will show that the licenses have been successfully installed: You can now see the licenses from within RD License Manager. This server has licenses for Windows 2000 and Windows 2008 Terminal Servers as shown below. If you have existing licenses for Windows 2003 terminal servers, you would just install them using the same process and then they will show up in RD License Manager: If a yellow warning sign is shown next to the server name, the remote desktop licensing service will need to be restarted before the server will start issuing licenses: To restart the service, open an administrative command prompt and run.
We have a new instance of 2008 R2. Installed CALs for RDS and activated the server online. Pyaar prema kadhal movie. When you launch the RD Licensing Manager from Administrative Tools – Remote Desktop Services everything looks good and activated licenses are showing correctly. On the other hand, we keep on getting the warning that the server is running on the grace period.
And the Licensing Diagnosis (RDS) under Server Management shows that 0 RDS licenses are available and that the RDS Host server is not configured. We were told by Dell support that it’s safe to ignore those warning. Anyone has any suggestions?
HOW TO RESET WINDOWS TERMINAL SERVICES 3 MONTH TRIAL Warning: greyhat content. Thanks to a Microsoft article, I've found out that it is very easy to extend your Windows Terminal Services 3-month trial or experience time. It's so easy that I'm sure many administrators have done this in their own systems, while waiting for their managers or financial staff to buy the definitive licenses (not being hypocrite here).
Following these instructions, you don't have to crack any program. You won't mess with your system.
The magic is to only delete the licenses databases both in the server and the clients, and let windows re-create them for you. ---- Make sure you've installed 'Terminal Services Licensing'. By the way, this method only makes sense if you need to use Terminal Services in Application Mode, which is the one that requires licensing. The idea is quite simple. First, disconnect all users from the terminal.