This hotfix is described in and available from the Microsoft article 'Terminal Services Licensing Enhancements' at. When installing the service, you'll also need to specify a location for Windows to store the license database.Īt this point, you should also install the Terminal Services Licensing service enhancements hotfix. If you're in an NT 4.0 domain, you'll need to install Terminal Services Licensing service on a member server running a flavor of Win2K Server. Install license server database at this location:įigure 2.10: Choosing a domain license server or enterprise license server. (* jYour entire enterprise Your domain orworkgroup Specify the role of the license server and the location of the license server database. Provide the information needed to set up this computer as a license server. To create an enterprise license server to distribute TSCALs to the entire forest, you must be a member of the Enterprise Administrators group.

To set up a license server for the domain, you must be a member of the Domain Administrators group. When installing Terminal Services Licensing service, you can select whether you want the server to serve licenses to the domain or the entire enterprise (forest), as Figure 2.10 shows. To see what's included in a component, click Details.ĭescription: Configures this computer as a Terminal Services license server that provides client licenses.įigure 2.9: Installing the Terminal Services Licensing service. A shaded box means that only part of the component will be installed. To add or remove a component, click the checkbox. Windows Components You can add or remove components of Windows 2000. To install Terminal Services Licensing service, select the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel applet, select Add/Remove Windows Components, and select the Terminal Services Licensing check box, as Figure 2.9 illustrates. All terminal servers in the domain will automatically find the license server. If you're in a Win2K domain environment, you should install the Terminal Services Licensing service on one of your domain controllers. Without a license server, the terminal server will stop accepting connections after 90 days. A Terminal Services license server is used to install, distribute and manage these TSCALs. As you read in Chapter 1, each device that connects to a terminal server in application server mode needs a TSCAL.

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