Windows server terminal services license

In the Terminal Server Licensing utility, enter the license token s that you received. You can enter license tokens by using the Automatic connection recommended option, the Web Browser connection option, or the Telephone connection option. When you deploy Windows Server Terminal Services in a Windows domain, you have the following licensing options:.

Windows Server based terminal servers can automatically discover a Terminal Server License Server that is installed on a member server that is running Windows Server and that is configured as an Enterprise License Server in the Active Directory directory services site. If the Windows Server based Terminal Server License Server is a domain license server, you must modify the registry on each of your Windows Server based terminal servers so that they can discover a compatible license server.

You must configure the registry settings on Windows based and Windows Server based terminal servers that are running in application mode so that they can discover the license server that issues the Windows or Windows Server TS CALs. Do not contact Microsoft Clearinghouse if you have difficulty obtaining a TS CAL through the discovery process or for other issues that require troubleshooting of the operating system. Microsoft PSS and Microsoft Clearinghouse cannot help you to locate your licensing purchase agreement or authorization number s to install license key packages.

To obtain this information, contact the reseller where you obtained your Microsoft product. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. When you back up a Terminal Services license server, back up both the system state data and the folder in which the Terminal Services license server is installed. By doing this, you make sure that data in both the registry and the Terminal Services license server database is backed up.

If you restore the system state data and the database to the original Terminal Services license server, any unissued licenses are restored correctly, assuming you haven't replaced the operating system on the computer. If you've replaced the operating system, any unissued licenses aren't restored, and an event that provides the unissued license count is logged in the System log. You can still restore the unissued licenses by using the telephone activation option in the Terminal Services License Manager tool.

To switch to the telephone activation option, right-click the server in Terminal Services License Manager, and then click Properties. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Adding the License server to the deployment will not automatically configure the RD Session Host server or the RD Virtualization Host servers with the Licensing mode type or point them to the License server in the deployment that you just added.

To configure them you need to follow below steps. Configuring the Licensing Mode. Here you will see the License server is already added i. Choose the appropriate Licensing mode. Click Apply and OK to exit the wizard.

At this stage the License server is installed, added to the deployment and mode is configured. However, the Licenses are yet to be installed.