Contents - Published: May 2003

Contents i
Contents i
Introduction iv
Introduction iv
The Terminal Server Licensing Model 1
The Terminal Server Licensing Model 1
License Server 1
Terminal Server 2
Supported Licenses 2
Summary of Features and Benefits 4
Summary of Features and Benefits 4
Service Deployment 4
Service Deployment 4
Terminal Server Grace Period 4
Terminal Server Grace Period 4
Licensing Service Installation 5
Licensing Service Installation 5
Licensing Service Activation 5
Licensing Service Activation 5
Upgrading a Windows 2000 License Server 6
Upgrading a Windows 2000 License Server 6
License Purchase 6
License Purchase 6
License Installation 7
License Installation 7
Licensing Service Discovery 7
Licensing Service Discovery 7
Workgroup/Non-Active Directory Domain Discovery 8
Active Directory Discovery 8
Configuring License Servers for High Availability 8
Configuring License Servers for High Availability 8
License Token Announcement 10
License Token Announcement 10
Terminal Server Licensing Mode 10
Terminal Server Licensing Mode 10
Licensing Process 11
Licensing Process 11
Client License Distribution Per Device 11
Client License Distribution Per Device 11
Client License Distribution Per User 12
Client License Distribution Per User 12
Client License Distribution for External Connector 12
Client License Distribution for External Connector 12
Additional Server Configuration 12
Additional Server Configuration 12
License Server Backup 12
License Server Backup 12
Prevent License Upgrade Policy 13
Prevent License Upgrade Policy 13
License Server Security Group Policy 13
License Server Security Group Policy 13
Administration 14
Administration 14
Terminal Server Licensing Tool 14
Terminal Server Licensing Tool 14
Terminal Server License Reporting Tool 15
Terminal Server License Reporting Tool 15
Terminal Server Client License Test Tool 16
Terminal Server Client License Test Tool 16
Terminal Server License Server Viewer Tool 17
Terminal Server License Server Viewer Tool 17
Preferred License Server WMI Scripts 17
Preferred License Server WMI Scripts 17
Glossary 19
Glossary 19
Summary 19
Summary 19
For More Information 19
For More Information 19
Terminal Server for Windows Server 2003 (known as Application Server mode in Windows 2000 Server) provides application deployment and management for users on a variety of devices through its application server mode. Each device or user who initiates a session on a terminal server running Windows Server 2003 must be licensed with one of the following:
The Terminal Services Licensing service is only associated with licensing for a terminal server client. It is not used to license any other application or service, and does not replace or interoperate with the licensing service for any other component, or alter your rights and obligations under any End User License Agreement (EULA). The Terminal Server Licensing service is not a replacement for purchasing a TS CAL by using the appropriate sales channels.
TS CAL tokens are electronic representations of real licenses, but they are not actual licenses themselves. Therefore if a license token is lost, it does not mean that you have lost an actual license. If you have the documentation to prove that you have bought an actual license, the license token can be re-issued. Conversely, just because you have a license token does not mean that it necessarily maps to an actual legal license.
Terminal Services Licensing is designed to manage these license tokens to allow an administrator to more accurately assess an organization’s licensing requirements. However, there are a few situations in which a license token will not map to an actual license. The administrator should make his best effort to determine if this is the case, and if necessary, purchase extra licenses (but not install the corresponding license tokens) to account for this discrepancy.