Re: Windows 2003 server terminal serveur licensing

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From: Vera Noest [MVP] (vera.noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 07/03/04

  • Next message: Danny D.: "Re: Windows 2003 server terminal serveur licensing"
    Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 04:06:03 -0700
    
    

    Yes, also a login by an Administrator takes up a license, since
    you have installed full Terminal Services (which implies
    "Application mode" on a Windows 2003 server). This mode requires a
    TS CAL for every user or device that connects.

    Since you are using "Per User" TS CALs, multiple logins by the
    same user take only a single Per User TS CAL.

    To complicate matters, Per User TS CALs are currently unmanaged,
    as explained in KB 822134. That means that you won't see your TS
    CAL count decrement. You will have to keep track of the used and
    available TS CALs manually. This behaviour is expected to change
    in the future.

     --
    Vera Noest
    MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
    http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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    "=?Utf-8?B?RGFubnkgRC4=?=" <DannyD@discussions.microsoft.com>
    wrote in news:FBEB39BE-37AF-448A-A071-AE0FF1D97AE8@microsoft.com:

    > 1) If I use "Per User" and I logon "Administrator". The login
    > Administrator (in session) will he take a token ?
    >
    > 2)If I log on session twice with th same login. What should be
    > happen?
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    > "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:
    >
    >> Point your TS to the LS according to this article:
    >>
    >> 279561 - How to Override the License Server Discovery Process
    >> in Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services
    >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=279561
    >>
    >> Is the Terminal Server set to use "Per User" licensing? The
    >> default is "Per Device".
    >> You can check this from Administrative Tools - Terminal
    >> Services Configuration - Server Settings
    >> If it's set to Per Device mode, it will look for a Device TS
    >> CAL and will not issue your Per User TS CALs.
    >>
    >> Check this article, it explains that even after you have
    >> switched licensing mode on the TS, your Per User TS CAL count
    >> will not be decremented:
    >>
    >> 822134 - The Function of Terminal Server CALs in Windows Server
    >> 2003
    >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822134
    >>
    >> --
    >> Vera Noest
    >> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
    >> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
    >> --- please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ---
    >>
    >> "=?Utf-8?B?RGFubnkgRC4=?=" <Danny D.@discussions.microsoft.com>
    >> wrote in
    >> news:46168EC6-381E-4A6B-BA46-E874E2B0688B@microsoft.com:
    >>
    >> > - I installed a terminal licensing server in the machine
    >> > with "5" WS 2003 - Terminal server per user CAL token. - It's
    >> > a single server environement with NO DOMAIN. - All the
    >> > connection use a temporary license - When the time is expired
    >> > (120 days) the system renew with a temorary licence again.
    >> >
    >> > Q: Why the token per user is not use after the expired date?
    >> >
    >> > Q: Sometime I see in the Viewer Event log "system": Warning,
    >> > TermService Event ID 1027. "the terminal server could not
    >> > locate a license serveur. Why I get this message? (I have no
    >> > WINS/DNS services)


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