Terminal Server Per Device CAL Allocation Flowchart by Mike Burke of DataDr.net

Deploying Office 2003 in a Windows Terminal Services Environment

Frequently Asked Questions About Terminal Services Licensing

HOW TO: Activate a License Server by Using Terminal Server Licensing in Windows Server 2003

This step-by-step article describes how to activate a Terminal Services license server by using Terminal Server Licensing in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
 

HOW TO: Deactivate or Reactivate a License Server By Using Terminal Services Licensing

Licensing Terminal Server in Windows Server 2003

This article describes Terminal Server Licensing Requirements and Terminal Server Client Access Licensing Mode
 

Terminal Server CAL Transition Plan: Frequently Asked Questions

The plan describes which TS customers are eligible for the transition plan around the discontinuation of desktop operating system equivalency and what steps customers can take to receive complimentary TS Client Access Licenses (CALs) under the transition plan.
 

Licensing Terminal Server in Windows Server 2003

This step-by-step article describes how to activate a Terminal Services license server by using Terminal Server Licensing in Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
 

Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing Whitepaper

This white paper provides an introduction to Terminal Server Licensing, the client license management service for the operating systems in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family. The Terminal Server Licensing service works with Terminal Server to provide, catalog, and enforce license policy among Terminal Server clients. This paper examines the key features and components of Terminal Server Licensing and explains how this service affects computing in an enterprise
 

How to Override the License Server Discovery Process in Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services

This article describes how to override the license server discovery process in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services.
 

What's New in Windows Server 2003 Licensing

These changes to the Microsoft licensing program will first be available with the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 product release.
 

Microsoft Terminal Server Licensing Changes and Transition Plan

Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing Issues and Requirements for Deployment

Support WebCast: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Licensing

How to Transfer Terminal Services CAL from One Computer to Another

Terminal Server Per Device CAL Allocation Flowchart by Mike Burke of DataDr.net

Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services Licensing Technology White Paper

This paper examines the key features and components of Terminal Services Licensing and explains how this service will affect computing in the enterprise.

Microsoft Support WebCast, Windows 2000 Terminal Services Licensing, March 15, 2001

This document is based on the original spoken WebCast transcript. It has been edited for clarity.
 

Description of Terminal Services License Server Discovery

This article describes the discovery process used by Windows 2000-based computers that are running Terminal Services to locate Windows 2000-based Terminal Services Licensing Servers.
 

Windows 2000 Terminal Services Requires Licensing Service

Windows 2000 Terminal Services uses a license-management feature called Terminal Services Licensing. This feature is used to manage license quantities for Windows 2000 Terminal Services Client Access Licenses (CALs) and Windows 2000 Terminal Services Internet Connector. No other licenses (such as Microsoft Office CALs or Windows 2000 File and Print CALs) are managed by Terminal Services Licensing.
 

How to Activate a Terminal Services License Server and Install CALs Over the Internet

The process of deploying and tracking licenses within an organization is enhanced in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Services Licensing now includes a Licensing wizard to download license packs and manage license quantities for Windows 2000 Terminal Services Client Access Licenses (TS CALs) or Windows 2000 Terminal Services Internet Connector licenses (ICs). To deploy TS CALs or ICs you must enable and activate a Terminal Services "License Server" and then install the TS CALs or ICs onto it. Terminal Services Licensing supports four connection methods to the Microsoft Certificate Authority and Clearinghouse to the activate your license server and install licenses; Internet, World Wide Web(WWW), Telephone, and Fax. This article discusses the Internet method; which is the fastest and easiest method to complete the process.

Establishing Preferred Windows 2000 Terminal Services License Server

To select a specific license server for use with various Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services servers in a domain or site, you can modify the registry to point to a particular license server. You can do this to specify that all Terminal Services servers work with a particular license server for accounting purposes, or if a Terminal Services server and the license server reside in different domains.
 

Licenses Required When Using Terminal Services Client Software

The following licenses are required when you deploy a Windows 2000-based server running Terminal Services in Application Server mode on your network

How to Transfer Terminal Services CAL from One Computer to Another

This article describes how to transfer a Terminal Services (TS) Client Access License (CAL) internally from one client device to another in the same company within Terminal Services Licensing.
 

Terminal Services Licensing Does Not Accept a Valid License Key Pack

The Terminal Services Licensing server does not accept the license key pack after being activated. The activation process functions normally, however the installation of license key packs may not work when you configure the License Server with a valid license key, and you may receive the following error message:

One or more license codes were not validated. To view the status of your license codes, click Back. Correct or remove any invalid license codes, then resubmit your requests. If the problem persists, contact Microsoft Technical Support.
 

HOW TO: Run the Terminal Services Licensing Tool from Another Computer

You may want to run the Terminal Services Licensing tool from another Windows 2000 client, for remote administration or troubleshooting purposes. This article describes how to do this.
 

Terminal Services Licensing for MSDN Versions of Windows 2000

This article describes how to activate Terminal Services Licensing and acquire Terminal Services Client Access Licenses (CALs) for MSDN versions of Windows 2000.
 

Terminal Services License Server Status Appears as UNKNOWN

When you try to activate a Terminal Services Licensing Server, you may receive the following error message:

The licensing wizard cannot connect to the selected License Server. Make sure the licensing service is installed and running.
Also, when you select the licensing server, the Activation Status appears as "UNKNOWN".
 

Cannot Revoke Windows 2000 Terminal Services License from Client

After a test Terminal Services client connects to a Terminal Services-based server and obtains a valid Terminal Services Client Access License (TSCAL), the certificate license cannot be revoked and reallocated to the license pool.
 

Terminal Services Licensing Technology for Application Service Providers

This article provides detailed instructions for licensing Terminal Services in a Windows 2000 environment. These licensing steps are required only if you have configured the Terminal Services server in Application Server mode. Terminal Services servers that are configured in Remote Administration mode do not require these licensing steps.
 

Terminal Services Licensing Wizard May Not Work

The Terminal Services licensing wizard may not work when you try to activate the license server and you may receive the following error message:

The Licensing Wizard cannot connect to the License Server Registry. Check the Network Connection and retry the Operation. Message = 0x35
 

Terminal Server Licensing Service Failure

After you install Terminal Server Licensing on a server, in a Windows 2000 domain, servers may not be listed in the Terminal Services Licensing tool, and you may receive a warning message that indicates that no license servers were detected. In the System event log, TermServLicensing may report an error with Event ID 29, and Service Control Manager may report an Event ID 7024:

Event ID 29
Terminal Services Licensing can only be run on Domain Controllers or Server in a Workgroup. See Terminal Server Licensing help topic for more information.

Event ID 7024
The Terminal Services Licensing service terminated with service-specific error 29.
 

Terminal Services Licensing Enhancements

This article describes two enhancements to Windows 2000 Terminal Services Licensing for Windows 2000 that are available as an update in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-052. These enhancements are Post Logon License Token Issuance and Automatic License Token Re-issuance.
 

Terminal Services Licensing Server Required for Windows Server Terminal Services Clients

According to the end-user license agreement (EULA), if you are using a licensed version of Windows 2000, you do not have to purchase a Windows Server Terminal Services Client Access license to connect to a server that is running Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services. However, you must still deploy and activate a server that is running Terminal Services Licensing.
 

Terminal Services Licensing Enhancements Frequently Asked Questions

Terminal Services Client Access Licenses (CALs) are not changed after you apply the Terminal Services Licensing Enhancements fix for Windows 2000.

Terminal Services CALs (and Server or Microsoft BackOffice CALs) are still allocated on a per-device (per-seat) basis. This list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) provides information about some Terminal Services CAL items (including the "one-time transfer" clause) and describes some common scenarios that may occur after the fix is applied.
 

HOW TO: Deactivate or Reactivate a License Server Using Terminal Services Licensing

This step-by-step article describes how to either deactivate or reactivate Terminal Services Licensing on a server that is running Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2000 Advanced Server. You must activate a license server before it can issue licenses to Terminal Services client computers. Use Terminal Services Licensing to activate a license server. When you activate a license server, Microsoft provides the server with a digital certificate that validates server ownership and identity. If you use this certificate, a license server can make subsequent transactions with Microsoft to receive client licenses for the servers that have Terminal Services enabled. Terminal Services Licensing has already been installed and activated on the server.
 

Terminal Services License Database Size Increases

If the following conditions exist, the Terminal Services license database may continuously increase, and you may receive an "Event ID 43: Work Manager error can't create work item, error code 87" entry in the Event log:

The Terminal Services licensing server for the entire domain is taken offline for maintenance, and another temporary server is brought online for a long period of time.

The original Terminal Services licensing server is brought back online, and the temporary server is removed.
 

HOW TO: Use the Terminal Services Licensing Reporter Tool (Lsreport.exe)

This step-by-step article describes how to use the Terminal Services Licensing Reporter tool (Lsreport.exe) to display and analyze the license information that is contained in the database of Terminal Services license servers.
 

Event Message 1004 Terminal Services Licensing When You Use the Citrix ICA Client

When you connect to a Windows 2000 Terminal Server that has Citrix Metaframe installed, clients may receive the following error message:

Network or dialup problems are preventing communication with the Citrix server. An attempt to automatically restore the connection will begin after a delay to let the network recover. If the problem persists please contact your System Administrator.
-or-

Error in connection. The Citrix server is not available, please try again later.
-or-

Terminal Server has ended the connection.
You may also receive Event ID 1004 message on the Terminal Server in the application event log:

Event ID 1004
Source: TermService
Description: The Terminal Server cannot issue a client license.

Terminal Services Licensing Cannot Show Japanese Computer Names

If you use an Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) client with a Japanese computer name, Terminal Services Licensing cannot show the computer name correctly.
 

Terminal Services Licensing Denies Your Connection to Your Terminal Server from Your WBT Device

When you try to connect to your Terminal server (the server that has Terminal Server enabled) from your Windows-based terminal (WBT) device, the Terminal Services Licensing service may deny your connection.