Windows Server 2008 R2 Rds Cal

Saved me quite a bit of money buying two of them.

Windows server 2008 r2 rds cal.

Used them for a windows 2008 r2 remote desktop server. You must specify the name of a license server for the rd session host server to use by using remote desktop session host configuration snap in. In windows server 2012 launch server manager and click tools terminal services remote desktop licensing manager. Right click the server name and select activate server.

With the user cal you purchase a cal for every user who accesses the server to use services such as file storage or printing regardless of the number of devices they use for that access. Each user or device accessing a licensed windows server requires a windows server cal or a windows server and a remote desktop services rds cal. For more information see specify a license server for an rd session host server to use. 3 can be rdsh session based or rdvh virtual machine based.

As a microsoft silver partner we proudly provide free installation support with every microsoft software package we carry. In windows server 2008 r2 click start administrative tools remote desktop services remote desktop licensing manager. How it was shipped was rather amusing. Click next on the welcome screen.

In windows 2008 r2 automatic license server discovery is no longer supported for rd session host servers. Even activated over the internet so i didn t have to call in. For example a windows server 2016 rds license server can host licenses from all previous versions of rds while a windows server 2012 r2 rds license server can only host licenses up to windows server 2012 r2.