Licensing Expires

[Guest Jeff]

Hello. I'm having some licensing issues with my terminal server. For some

reason, any user that connects to the server grabs a license from the

Temporary License Pool instead of the Per User Cals that are available. Then,

after so long, the license expires. How can I get these users to use the CALS

that are available instead of the temporary licenses?

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Licensing Expires

 

Sounds like your Terminal Server is still in the default Per Device

licensing mode.

You have to switch it to Per User licensing mode, in Terminal

Services Configuration - Server settings.

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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=?Utf-8?B?SmVmZg==?= <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 30

jan 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hello. I'm having some licensing issues with my terminal server.

> For some reason, any user that connects to the server grabs a

> license from the Temporary License Pool instead of the Per User

> Cals that are available. Then, after so long, the license

> expires. How can I get these users to use the CALS that are

> available instead of the temporary licenses?

[Guest Jeff]

Re: Licensing Expires

 

I actually did change this.

 

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> Sounds like your Terminal Server is still in the default Per Device

> licensing mode.

> You have to switch it to Per User licensing mode, in Terminal

> Services Configuration - Server settings.

>

> _________________________________________________________

> Vera Noest

> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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>

> =?Utf-8?B?SmVmZg==?= <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 30

> jan 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>

> > Hello. I'm having some licensing issues with my terminal server.

> > For some reason, any user that connects to the server grabs a

> > license from the Temporary License Pool instead of the Per User

> > Cals that are available. Then, after so long, the license

> > expires. How can I get these users to use the CALS that are

> > available instead of the temporary licenses?

>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Licensing Expires

 

When did you make that change? Did you change it recently, like

within the last month?

Are users actually unable to connect when their license has

expired? Do they get warnings about expiring licenses?

 

If they don't get any warnings and they are still able to connect,

then all is as it should be.

 

Per User licenses are currently unmanaged, which means that you

will never see the Available or Issued count change. It will always

be listed as "N/A". You are on the honour system and you have to

keep track of the number of connecting users by hand.

 

The temporary Per Device licenses that you see are issued before

you switch the server to Per user licensing mode. They will

automatically be cleaned up one month after their expiration date.

 

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Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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=?Utf-8?B?SmVmZg==?= <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 30

jan 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I actually did change this.

>

> "Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

>

>> Sounds like your Terminal Server is still in the default Per

>> Device licensing mode.

>> You have to switch it to Per User licensing mode, in Terminal

>> Services Configuration - Server settings.

>>

>> _________________________________________________________

>> Vera Noest

>> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

>> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___

>>

>> =?Utf-8?B?SmVmZg==?= <Jeff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on

>> 30 jan 2008 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

>>

>> > Hello. I'm having some licensing issues with my terminal

>> > server. For some reason, any user that connects to the server

>> > grabs a license from the Temporary License Pool instead of

>> > the Per User Cals that are available. Then, after so long,

>> > the license expires. How can I get these users to use the

>> > CALS that are available instead of the temporary licenses?