Re: Terminal Services Licensing GPO

From: HelpPls (smd6169_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/06/04


Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:28:09 -0400

The thing is that under LICENSING I only have (1) setting to configure and
that is 'Prevent License Upgrade'. I do not have that 2nd setting....

"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote in message
news:Xns94E0E69BC7FBFveranoesthemutforsse@207.46.248.16...
> From:
>
> Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing White paper
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/terms
> ervlic.mspx
>
> <quote>
>
> License Server Security Group Policy
>
> Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows
> Components/Terminal Services/Licensing
>
> You can use this setting to control which servers are issued
> licenses. By default, a terminal server license server issues a
> license to any computer that requests one.
> For example, this policy might be useful in a departmental
> deployment in which each department purchases its own TS CALs and
> terminal servers. This policy allow a department to control which
> terminal servers are able to request TS CAL tokens from their
> license server(s).
> If the status is set to Enabled, the terminal server license
> Server grants licenses only to computers whose computer accounts
> are placed in the Terminal Services Computers local group. When
> the license server is a domain controller, this group is a domain
> local group.
>
> Notes
> 1. The Terminal Services Computers group is empty by default. The
> terminal server license server does not grant licenses to any
> computers unless you explicitly populate this group.
> 2. The most efficient way to manage terminal server computer
> accounts is to create a global group containing the accounts of
> all terminal servers and license servers that must receive
> licenses. Then, place this global group into the local (or domain
> local) Terminal Services Computers group. This method allows a
> domain administrator to manage a single list of computer accounts.
> 3. To add a computer account to a group, open the Computer
> Management snap-in, navigate to the Properties page of the group,
> and click Add. On the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog
> box, click Object Types and then check Computers.
>
> </quote>
>
> --
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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>
> "HelpPls" <smd6169@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:#Xc2dfrMEHA.1484@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl:
>
> > I recently read an article about limiting, through Group Policy
> > what TS servers your TS Licensing Server will support. Article
> > stated to go into the Licensing setting and configure a group
> > however, when I go there I only have (1) setting to configure
> > and not the (2) that were displayed in the article. Is there a
> > new Terminal Services ADM template? If so, where can I find
> > it????
> >
> > Thanks, Sean



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