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I have an RDS license for 100 users.

I successfully assigned it to one RDS server without issue, but when I tried it on another server I get an error.

  1. Open RD Licensing Manager
  2. Right click the server and choose activate- this works fine
  3. Right click the now activated server and choose install licenses
  4. License Program: License Pack (retail Purchase)
  5. Plugin and add my license
  6. It tries to install it

On the next page I see this: enter image description here

I see no error or warning in event viewer after running this operation.

Same steps and same code I used for the other server and it worked on that one without issues

red888
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You should probably do some reading on RD Licensing in 2012. This Technet blog post has a pretty good explanation.

At a high level, you don't actually install/activate your license on every RDS server. You install the Remote Desktop Licensing role service on a server and apply your license there. Then you configure your RD Session Host and RD Virtualization Host servers to point to that licensing server. It's a similar concept to how KMS based licensing works for the OS.

Ryan Bolger
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  • So if my licensing server fails users won't be able to connect to the other server? Why would the GUI let you add multiple licensing servers? Do I need a different license for each one? – red888 Sep 10 '16 at 13:56
  • If you licensing server fails, you will get a licensing error when someone tries to connect. You can configure multiple licensing servers so if one fails the other still provides licenses when they are requested. – user5870571 Sep 10 '16 at 13:59
  • Yeah I need separate licenses for each licensing server :( – red888 Sep 11 '16 at 01:04