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You can convert RDS User CALs to Device CALs (and vice versa) using the Convert Licenses menu item in the RD Licensing Manager console.
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Specify the product version (Windows Server 2019/2016), license type (RDS Per user CAL), and the number of licenses to be installed on the server.Īfter that, the server can issue licenses (RDS CAL) to clients. If you have chosen License Pack (Retail Purchase), enter the 25-character product key you got from Microsoft or a partner. In the case of an Enterprise Agreement, you must specify its number. The next steps of the wizard depend on which license program you have selected. I think it won’t be a problem to find the numbers (4965437), you don’t even need to look for rds cracks or activators. Many enterprise agreement numbers for RDS have already been leaked on the Internet. To do it, select the Remote Desktop Services role in the Add Roles and Features Wizard.
#WINDOWS SERVER 2016 REMOTE DESKTOP SERVICES USER CAL INSTALL#
You can install Remote Desktop Licensing using Server Manager.
It is not necessary to install it on one of the servers on the RDSH farm.īefore you start the installation, add a new server to the Terminal Server License Servers domain security group (or make sure you have the permission to change this group membership), otherwise, the server won’t be able to issue RDS Per User CAL to the domain users. You can deploy the Remote Desktop License service on any domain server. Install the Remote Desktop Licensing Role on Windows Server 2019/2016
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If you unpublish all RemoteApps then the server will simply publish a full desktop connection in RD Web Access and the feed instead of RemoteApps. If you do not want these then you should click on Server Manager - RDS - QuickSessionCollection - RemoteApp Programs - Tasks - Unpublish RemoteApp programs. For example, Quick Start will automatically publish a few RemoteApps. Once you have completed the above the server will accept more than 2 users, however, you will likely want to configure things more. After the install has finished, server has been restarted, etc., go back to Server Manager - RDS - Overview - Tasks - Edit Deployment Properties - RD Licensing tab, select Per Device, enter the name of your server in the box, click Add, then save your changes.
In Server Manager, click Manage - Add Roles and Features, select Remote Desktop Services installation - Quick Start - Session-based deployment, finish the wizard. Summoning need to create an RDS deployment, configure your licensing mode (Per Device) and then specify the name of your RD Licensing server. Please, can someone point me in the right direction, cause I've already exhausted my limited knowledge of WS and wasted 2 days of googling, tweaking and testing with no results. It might be due to 180-day grace period, but still it would've allowed me to connect more than 2 users.īoth Licensing and RD diagnostics show that everything is OK. Main issue: currently only 2 simultaneous sessions allowed.ġ) Finished the incomplete Session-based RDS installationĢ) Installed Remote Desktop Licensing server and fixed their RDS CALs (for some reason they've purchased 3 separate licenses for RDS CALs, so I have two running for per-user, and one for per-device).ģ) Configured Remote Desktop Gateway with self-signed certificateĤ) re-configured the network to forward ports 80, 443, 33ĥ) Fixed user permissions, GPs, RD connection conditions etc.Ħ) Sacrificed 2 BBQ chickens to the admin gods.Īll target users are already in AD, all have permission to connect, and all can connect both directly and through RD gateway no problem.įrom what I've observed, RD licensing server does not issue CALs. The main goal: deploy an RDS for 5-8 users, so that they can connect and work simultaneously.
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Recently my friend got me into a bit of a pickle with their unplanned deployment of WS2016 Essentials server.īasically none of the people involved knew anything of what they were doing, but they've already spent cash on hardware and software and invested more than a week of collaborative effort to make this thing running.Īt the end - the resulting mess fell on me.