The Remote Desktop Session Host Server is in Per User licensing mode and No Redirector Mode, but the license server dc01 does not any installed licenses with the following attributes: Proiduct Version: Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 can be a little disconcerting due to the new look and layout. Such was the case for a request of a 2012 server with Remote Desktop Services enabled. I installed the OS and added it to AD. To start open the RD Licensing Manager by either using the link from Start > Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Licensing Manager or just type licmgr.msc in the Start menu. As you can see the License server is not activated because it has a red X mark and wellit says Not Activated. Please download and read the attached PDF guide, which provides detailed steps for configuring a Widows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Licensing Server.

I had to do quite a bit of searching to understand why there was nowhere to specify the license server and mode. Again, this is crazy. Hi, We hit the issue described here as: “Known issue with RD Licensing Diagnoser” We have scenario where all session hosts are on workgroup as well as our licensing server. We are using user CAL’s. Session hosts are configured via local gpo (license server setting, licensing mode user).

The licenses (2 per User) are installed on the licensing server and it has a green checkmark. Can someone tell me what’s going on here? Okay, I had been struggling with this and finally figured it out by doing some dodgy hacking in the various data sources. I have FOUR (4) servers that are part of our domain. The list showed me THREE (3) of the servers because the licensing was supposed to be only shared by the three. However someone connected the fourth server to the cluster and didn’t update the SM list of servers. As a result, I was unable to connect to the server and instead of getting the pretty graphic with the broker and all the other icons, I got a message that said the list of servers I was managing was not congruent with the list the servers in the pool.

Good morning AskPerf! Today we are going to discuss the steps in installing/configuring Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services Licensing in your environment using various available options. Adding a new License Server in a new Deployment Let us assume that you already have created a Remote Desktop Services Deployment. You have a Session Based Collection and a Virtual Desktop based collection as per your business requirement. Now, you have introduced a new Server in the domain that will serve as a License Server for Remote Desktop Services.

Navigate to the following location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Control Terminal Server RCM GracePeriod Now there should be a binary key value (like in the screenshot), you first need to have full access permissions to the folder (or take ownership) and then simply delete that value and reboot the server. Once back up your RDS Licensing should be back at the start of a 128 Day grace period.

I don’t get it, I have done as this article describes but yet I get two errors stating that: 1. The licensing mode for the Remote Desktop Session Host server is not configured. The grace period for the Remote Desktop Session Host server has expired, but the RD Session Host server has not been configured with any license servers. Connections to the RD Session Host server will be denied unless a license server is configured for the RD 1. It is set to “Per User” 2.

It will ask you to confirm that you wish to delete all licenses on the server so make sure you have the info needed to reinstall the RDS CALs. Once done you will have the option to reinstall the CALs, proceed as you would normally. Finally restart the “remote desktop licensing” service and head back to the RD licensing Diagnoser.

Windows Server 2012 can be a little disconcerting due to the new look and layout. Such was the case for a request of a 2012 server with Remote Desktop Services enabled. I installed the OS and added it to AD. I installed the requested applications and then I went through the wizard and installed the “Remote Desktop Session Host.” I didn’t need the license server installed as I have a couple already in place.

Configure the deployment Select RD Web Access. Notice the purpose of this certificate. Click Select Existing Certificate and add the certificate you prepared for the RD Web Access server. Click Apply to apply the certificate changes. Do not click OK because we need to configure the other certificate options as well and we can configure only one at a time. Configure the deployment Select RD Gateway. Notice the purpose of this certificate.

They are currently buying qty-10 VDI subscriptions and qty-10 RDS CAL's but they are not using the RDS CAL's and have been told there is no reason to buy them. Can someone confirm are the RDS CAL's required?In this case I don't see why you would need RDS, that said I'd strongly recommend using a Session Broker of some kind as manually doing VDI this way is just painful to manage/deploy etc. It seems silly to me. Whats the point of VDI if all it is is just a regular, non-linked clone desktop sitting on a server somewhere?

It was licensed when connecting to Terminal Services, which is/was a RDS license, I'm not sure if it applies here or not. Now, if you are connecting from an iPad, from a home computer, etc. Then you definitely need a RDS license.

Anyway, like Bruno says, you can uninstall from Server Manager.: .: .

Great thread here and I need to ask a very specific question in relation to RDS CAL requirement with a VDI solution. Customer is using a Server 2012 R2 w/Hyper-V role and web services role installed. RDS Role is not installed and none of the RDS Services are running - no connection broker or RDS gateway, etc. Server has 10 Windows 7 Pro VM's running on the server and they use thin-client via RDP connection straight to the VM desktop and it works great. So no 3rd party services and not using any of the RDS services on the main server. In this scenario is an RDS CAL required?

A possible bug in RDS 2012? Hi, Just wondering if you tried this first to point to the Licensing server? Although I can understand why you may not have done this.

Lol because, it is not allowed. Only the primary user of the licensed device may remotely access his/her device. With server hardware, there is no primary user, therefore is considered a shared device. If you were to assign a retail copy of Windows desktop OS (XP, Vista, W7, W8, etc) to a server - the retail copy of Windows could only be used on the device. The retail license does not permit remote access from any user other than the licensed user.

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Video of the Day. Extend the Terminal Services evaluation period on a Windows Server 2008 computer in order to complete pre-deployment testing. Step Restart the Windows Server 2008 computer, and log in to a Windows Server 2008 computer Administrator account. Click 'Start,' and select the 'Search' box. Enter '%WINDIR% system32 lserver' in the 'Search' box, and press 'Enter.' The 'Lserver' window will appear.

I've also explained to them that this model is not common and not the suggested path so they ask for a document that compares this method to a full RDS pooled method of which I can't find anything either so anyone with any details on comparing this single non RDS Services method against an RDS pooled method would be helpful. Thanks again everyone! Kenmarlin wrote: Yes VMware View is a great product and acts as a connection broker. My company is a VMware distributor but we also support Citrix and the full Microsoft solution. Again my question is more about not using a 3rd party connection broker.Unless the licensing changed, I thought that Windows 7 (and presumably windows 8) included RDS rights when connecting to a server. It was licensed when connecting to Terminal Services, which is/was a RDS license, I'm not sure if it applies here or not. Now, if you are connecting from an iPad, from a home computer, etc.

But with that said, have you edited your deployment properties and specified the RD license server and selected per user mode? You not only have to configure the license server on the overview page but in the deployment properties as well. Have you setup a RD Session host collection yet? I've been working on this for several weeks now, so I'm sure we can work it out. Hello Chef_Richer, Thanks for your response. Your right, setting up a 2012 Session based RDS server is a lot more difficult than 2008 was.

Configure the deployment Review the RD Gateway settings and notice what settings are available. Click RD Licensing. Configure the deployment Notice that a RD License server is available, but no license type is selected yet.

To configure them you need to follow below steps. Configuring the Licensing Mode. In deployment Overview page, select on Tasks and click ‘Edit Deployment Properties’ b. In the ‘Deployment properties’ applet, click on the ‘RD Licensing’ page. Here you will see the License server is already added i.e., License.contoso.com in our case, however, the Licensing mode is not selected.

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The Windows VDA license is about $100/device/yr. You can find an OEM version of Windows 8 Pro for $150. However, the OEM/FPP license is not to be used as a VM license for a server. Technically you can 'assign' it to a server, it would be for local use only and any client devices that accesses the VM would require the Windows VDA license. Tuscani wrote: Unless I missed somehting, why not just buy a one time retail copy of Windows 8 for each VDI VM?

This is just crazy. If all you want is a session host so that multiple people can simultaneously logon to a server via RDP you have to use Powershell to set the licensing server and mode? Couldn't the developers have created a simple wizard to handle this? I love Powershell, but this situation is simply not documented well at all.

The list showed me THREE (3) of the servers because the licensing was supposed to be only shared by the three. However someone connected the fourth server to the cluster and didn’t update the SM list of servers. As a result, I was unable to connect to the server and instead of getting the pretty graphic with the broker and all the other icons, I got a message that said the list of servers I was managing was not congruent with the list the servers in the pool. It WOULD NOT tell me what the proper list was so I couldn’t fix it. This is a typical diagnostic, telling us something is wrong but not telling what is wrong or how to fix it.