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Terminal Server does not assign licenses

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by gunnersixz 2 views

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Here is the scenario and I hope someone can help:

We recently installed a windows 2000 member server and added 25 terminal server licenses. This server has service pack 3 I went ahead and activated the server by calling microsoft and it shows asactivated. Why would the server assign a temporary license to a user that will expire in 90 days if there are 25 licenses available? Am I missing something? I'm probably not understanding the licensing procedure but it seems that the server is not assigning permanent tokens to the clients. I would think that after all 25 licenses have been issued, the server would then issue temporary licenses. Any insight on this would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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by bughunter

Did you activate the TS server AND install the Terminal Services Licensing(TSL)component? Actually MS recommends using another box for the TSL server.

Did you activate the TSL server?

Did you install the Terminal Server Client License Packs in to the TSL server?

by gunnersixz

Hi Bughunter, thanks for the response, I did install TSL component on the same server. I addition, I did activate the server by calling microsoft. Maybe I can show you a bitmap of what I am talking about. let me know how I can check if it has been activated.

by rdunn

We've seen this as well here at my company. Once your temporary licenses expire, the clients will take an available license from the pool. This is to allow those with temporary licenses that will expire first to be granted permanent ones. Just a normal feature!

Rob

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