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Event ID 64 — Client Access License Assignment

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Client access licenses (CALs) for Windows EBS must be assigned to user accounts or networked devices for your users to log on to the Windows EBS network. If you assign a CAL to a user account, the user can log on to Windows EBS from any networked device.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 64
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Windows Server Solutions Client Access Licensing
Version: 6.0
Symbolic Name: LIC_LICTOOL_POPULATE_LS_FROM_SCRATCH
Message: The licensing service has not found a licensing store and will create a new one for client access license (CAL) assignments.

Resolve

Create a license store

If the Windows Server Solutions Licensing Management Service does not find a license store, it creates one and reports a warning. No action is required.

Verify

You must use an account that is in the Domain Admins group to perform this procedure.

You can monitor the assignment of CALs in the Administration Console.

To view CAL assignments

  1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Windows Essential Business Server, and then click Windows Essential Business Server Administration Console.

  2. Click the Licenses tab.

  3. Click User Licenses

    The results view shows the user accounts that are set up in Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and the CALs for Windows EBS that are assigned to them.

    Note: The Administrator account is automatically assigned a Premium Edition CAL in all editions of Windows EBS. You cannot unassign this CAL.

  4. Click Device Licenses

    The results view shows computers and devices in AD DS and the CALs for Windows EBS that are assigned to them.

Client Access License Assignment

Windows EBS