***Please note: License information is digitally delivered. Please provide a valid email address at time of purchase***

Purchase will include license information to validate fifty (50) Per User Client Access Licenses for Microsoft Windows Server 2016

 (and lower editions - Lower editions use the classic "Terminal Services" when installing licenses)

  • You Will Receive:
  • (1) License Number with information to install your licenses on your RDS Licensing Server. 
  • (1) Quick Configuration Installation assisting guide with license information contained (PDF)

This product WILL work for Windows Server editions 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2


      



Q: Why do I need a CAL

A: A server client access license (CAL) is a license that gives users and devices the
ability to remotely access Microsoft server software installed on a Windows server.
    

Allots 50 Per User Client Access Licenses for Remote Desktop Connections.




When using Remote Desktop Server on Windows Server 2003+ the use of CAL's for users connecting is required for the tracking and management of the server. With these licenses users can connect to your server with no hassle. And they are permanent for those users whom received the license. 

Remote Desktop Licensing (RD Licensing), formerly Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing), manages the Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) that are required for each device or user to connect to a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server. You use RD Licensing to install, issue, and track the availability of RDS CALs on a Remote Desktop license server.

To use Remote Desktop Services, you must also have at least one license server deployed in your environment. For small deployments, you can install both the RD Session Host role service and the RD Licensing role service on the same computer. For larger deployments, it is recommended that the RD Licensing role service be installed on a separate computer from the RD Session Host role service.

You must configure RD Licensing correctly in order for your RD Session Host server to accept connections from clients. To allow ample time for you to deploy a license server, Remote Desktop Services provides a licensing grace period for the RD Session Host server during which no license server is required. During this grace period, an RD Session Host server can accept connections from unlicensed clients without contacting a license server. The grace period begins the first time the RD Session Host server accepts a client connection. The grace period ends after whichever of the following occurs first:

  • A permanent RDS CAL is issued by a license server to a client connecting to the RD Session Host server.

  • The number of days in the grace period is exceeded.

The length of the grace period is based on the operating system running on the RD Session Host server.