After reading the welcome screen click Next to proceed to the Connection Method screen. To activate a license server, right click on the server in the list and select Activate Server. Because this has yet to be activated it is listed with a red circle containing an X mark next to it: The only license server listed in the following figure is the one on the local server. Once started, the TS License Manager dialog will appear containing a list of detected license servers on the network. This task is performed using the TS License Manager which may be launched by running tsconfig.exe or via Start -> All Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Terminal Services -> TS License Manager. Once the TS License Server has been installed the next task is to activate it. Report this ad Activating the TS License Server Click Next followed by Install to initiate the installation process. As described above, choose whether the server is to be accessible to terminal servers in the same workgroup, domain or domain forest as the license server.

Check the box next to TS Licensing and click next. Read the information screen and then proceed to the Select Service Roles screen. From the list of roles select the check box next to Terminal Services and click on the Next button. Click Next on the initial screen if it appears so that the Select Server Roles screen is displayed.

On a server which is does not have the Terminal Services role installed, open the Server Manager, select Roles from the tree in the left hand panel and select Add Roles. Once the selection has been made click Next followed by Install on the subsequent confirmation screen. The correct selection here will depend on your network configuration. The selections on this screen define whether licenses are to be issued to systems in the same workgroup, domain or domain forest as the license server.

In the resulting dialog titled Select Role Services select the check box next to TS License Server and then click Next to proceed to the Configure discovery scope for TS licensing screen as illustrated in the following figure: If the server is already configured with the Terminal Services role, click on the Add Role Services link. The installation can be performed using by selecting Roles from the tree in the left hand panel of the Server Manager tool. The license server does not necessarily have to be installed on a system which is acting as a Terminal Server.

The first step is to install the Terminal Services License Services server role. Installing the Terminal Services License Server

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