Re: License Expiration on TS

This is by design. Nothing to worry about.

"Permanent" TS CALs have an expiration date of 52-89 days after
issueing. This is to avoid a situation were the license is
permanently issued to a client, and therefor permanently lost when
the client is discarded or re-installed from scratch.
The client will automatically try to renew the license, starting 7
days before the expiration date. If the client doesn't connect to
the Terminal Server within this 7 day period, the license expires
and is automatically returned to the Licensing Server.

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"=?Utf-8?B?REM=?=" <DC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 20 apr
2005 in microsoft.public.win2000.termserv.clients:

> I may have a licensing issue. Previously I had problems with
> clients using Temporary Licenses (HP thin clients), and then
> they expired after something like 90 days. So I just went and
> had the customer purchase some Terminal Server CAL's which
> installed fine, but now it shows up with an "Expiration Date" of
> almost exactly 90 days from when the previous Temporary Client
> licenses expired. Does it do like a recheck every 90 days?
> Should I be concerned? (Does the licensing work like a DHCP
> lease?) Should I be using User mode vs. Seat mode?
>
> Thanks a bunch in advance!
.

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