That´s your Microsoft RDS Licensing server on Windows Server 2016. Now you should be able to see the newly added Licenses in the RD Licensing Manager. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) allows users to access graphical.
Use AWS License Manager to start managing your licenses. On the next screen we need to type in a License code. RDS CAL and User CAL: which Windows Server roles require these licenses. They also include two Microsoft Remote Desktop Services licenses for administrative purposes. I will leave License Pack (retail Purchase). As Microsoft partner we have access to a few licenses. Access Control Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Active Directory Federation Services ADSI Edit Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Windows AppLocker Application Server Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Authorization Manager Windows Server Backup BITS Server Certificates Certification Authority Certificate Templates Client Network Utility Help Failover Clusters.
Click NEXT.Īgain we have a few options to choose for a license program.
Leave the checkmark next to Start Install Licenses Wizard now activated. With the next screen we are ready to activate the license server. Click NEXT.Īdd further company information. In the next screen type in your First name, last name, company and Country. I have internet access and therefor I will leave it on Automatic connection (recommended). There are a few options you can choose to activate the license server. Now right click on the server name again and start the Activate Server Wizard. The next screen shows green checkmarks for all configuration items. Click ADD TO GROUP.Ĭlick OK in the next screen to finish the configuration. Without this configuration the License Server won´t issue CALs to users and no reporting will be possible. In the next step we will add this License Server to the Terminal Server License group. Click OK again to finish the configuration for the scope. Click OK.Ĭhoosing Forest makes this Licensing Server available to multiple domains within the forest. In the next screen you can choose The forest. To change the scope the user we use to reconfigure this option needs to have Enterprise Admin privileges in Active Directory. You can see that the Discovery Scope of the License Server is configured to Domain. If you right click on the server name you can open the configuration of the server. You can see that on the red mark left to the server name. The first thing you will notice is that the License Server is not activated. It is not necessary to add RDS Licenses if you are in a lab environment because the License Server will issue temporary licenses for 180 days and in most cases this should be sufficient for a few tests or demos.
The RD Licensing Manager can be started over a Start Menu link or through a link in the Servermanager. So today we will configure Microsoft RDS Licensing. After the sucessfull installation of the Microsoft Remote Desktop (RDS) Licensing component we now need to configure it.
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