Hello,
I know there are many threads about this topic, but I don't understand it. Thus I have to ask you and I hope that you can help me.
I have installed an Win2k8R2 RDS Server with eight per Device CALs. My Clients are Win7, WinXP, Win2k3 and Win2k8R2.
My requirements are that I have one account (e.g. Gast) which can connect to the RDS Server several times simultaneously. Further I want that only eight people can open a session simultaneously but overall there should be more than eight devices which can connect to the server. At the beginning it worked and I had eight simultaneous sessions. But now some clients cannot connect to the RDS Server anymore until I delete the registry key "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\Store\LICENSExxx".
As far as I know the RDS Server allocates at first temporary licenses and for the second login it allocates permanent licenses. After allocating all my permanent licenses it only allocate temporary licenses. And probably this temporary license cannot be updated. Thus after a while it is impossible to connect to the server again?!? Is that the reason?
Now my actual questions:
- Is there a way to free licenses after closing a session? So I don't need 20 CALs for 20 devices although I only want eight simultaneous session with the same account.
- Is it possible to shorten the reservation time of the licenses? It seems to be about 3 months at the moment.
- Is it possible to logon simultaneously with User CALs?
I am not sure if I am using the wrong CALs or if I misdo while configuring the server or if its impossible to fulfill my requirements.
Thank you for your effort.
Regards
Felix