TS 2003 Licensing Problem

[Mikes]

We have recently added a w2k3 Terminal Server to an SBS 2000 network. All
desktops are thin client. There is a licensing service running on the w2k3
terminal server itself. I have added 40 per-user CALS through the TS
Licensing panel. The Terminal Service licensing mode is set to "Per User".
The problem is that when looking in the Terminal Server licensing monitor I
see that none of the license show to be issued. I also see no temp licenses
issued although our clients are connecting without any issues. Anyone have
any thoughts on this. I am concerned that after 120 days the client
computers will not be able to connect.

Michael

[Patrick Rouse [MVP]]

This is normal, as 2003 TSLS has no way to track Per User
TSCALs. Mine's been working for well more than 120 days
like you describe (I also was stumped)

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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[Mikes]

Patrick,

Thank you for your response. I was worried, it's about 10 day's till we hit
the 120 day mark.
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[Rick Rieser [MSFT]]

Patrick is correct. Once the termporary cals expire your users will still
be able to connect.

Rick Rieser, rri...@online.microsoft.com
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[Gary Dikkema]

So here is the question I have asked everyone... and no one seems to want to
respond... could that be? <VBG>

I have an SBS2k3 box, fully licensed... I also have a member WS2003 EE TS
App Srvr connected and have installed a 20 CAL license and the LS on the
SBS2k3 box as I'm supposed to.

I have been running TS sessions from a host of different platforms... one
from a WS2003 EE not in the domain but on the LAN locally... and it created
a temp license.

Why should it have?

It didn't for the XP and SBS 4.5 sessions...

Does that mean I have a problem?

And to turn on the TS App Srvr, does a LS really have to be installed along
with CALS? What about this 120 day grace?

Call me confused and trying to locate the answers...

Gary D

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[David Everett [MSFT]]

Hi Gary,

When you connected to the W2K3 Terminal Server from the Windows 2003 Server
(client) you state you were issued a Temporary CAL from the SBS TS License
server.

Not to answer your question with another question, but what happens if you
log off the TS Session, not just disconnect, and then log back onto the
Terminal Server from the same Windows Server 2003 (client) machine...is the
CAL changed from temporary to Permanent at that point?

This change in behavior is from the CAL enhancement that was added back in
Windows 2000 SP2 SRP1 and later. Basically, the computer that is running
Terminal Services issues a temporary license token the first time that a
device connects, regardless of whether there are any permanent Terminal
Services CAL tokens available on the license server. This was to done
prevent an organization's Terminal Services CAL tokens from being assigned
to devices that were not intended to be licensed for Terminal Services. A
Terminal Services CAL token is assigned during the second connection.
--
David Everett
Microsoft Corporation

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