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I've viewed all of the articles suggested in posting this, in addition to reviewing the licensing docs here; but can't find a strict answer on whether or not RDS Per-User CALs can work in workgroup mode, or if the RDS server must be joined to a domain.
We have one Windows Server 19 standard that has the following roles:
I activated the server from within RD Licensing Manager, and installed our SPLA license successfully. I could not find any further direction in the docs, and left things off here - now my users are getting an error upon logon attempts that "there are no Remote Desktop License Servers available to provide a license."
What do I need to do now to assign these licenses to my users, so they can start using the machine again? Thanks!
RDS per User CALs didn't work in workgroup mode:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-client-access-license#understanding-the-rds-cal-model
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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten
I can join this machine to the domain - how do I assign the licenses to our users from there? Can you link some instructions? Thank you!
As far as I know:
The RDS User CALs are not assigned directly to AD user accounts.
When you use the Per User model, licensing is not enforced and each user is granted a license to connect to an RD Session Host from any number of devices. The license server issues licenses from the available RDS CAL pool or the Over-Used RDS CAL pool. It's your responsibility to ensure that all of your users have a valid license and zero Over-Used CALs—otherwise, you're in violation of the Remote Desktop Services license terms.
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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)
Regards
Andreas Baumgarten
Thank you for clarifying. As shown in my screenshots, the Per-User license is installed in the license manager, yet we are still getting the error message above whenever somebody tries to RDP into the machine.
Thanks again.
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(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)
Regards
Andreas Baumgarten
Thanks again @Andreas Baumgarten . I've done the following, after reading rds-user-management which you provided:
I am now trying to follow the last step, Assign users and groups to collections, but Server Manager hangs when I try to access Remote Desktop Servers > Overview.
Do I have the right roles installed?
Roles installed:
Remote Desktop Services:
Your help is greatly appreciated - thanks!
