Hello,
Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.
To answer your questions:
1.Question: Will this license work for the life of the server or will it unexpectedly turn off after a fixed amout of time, which indirectly will affect my customers?
Answer: No, the RDP CAL (Client Access License) will not expire due to server lifetime. It only depends on the client that launch the RDP session.
Meanwhile, please kindly notice there's a limitation regarding CAL:
There's a licensing grace period of 120 Days during which no license server is required. Once the grace period ends, clients must have a valid RDS CAL issued by a license server before they can log on to an RD Session Host server.
2.Question: Secondly, if I clone the server via a VM image, how is the license effected both on the original server and the cloned VM?
Answer: The original server will not be impacted, but for the new cloned server, you need to activate the license again to ensure it works.
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Hope this answer can help you well.
Best regards,
Jill Zhou