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It is required that at least one Windows Server 2003 license server be present in our Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server environment. For small deployments, it is acceptable to install both the Terminal Server and the Terminal Server Licensing service on
the same physical computer. However, for larger deployments we suggest that Terminal Server Licensing be installed on a separate server.

To install Terminal Server Licensing:

1.Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.

2.Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

3.In the dialog box, select Terminal Server Licensing.

4.Follow the instructions in the Windows Components Wizard.

After Terminal Server Licensing is installed, the server becomes a license server and you are asked whether you want to activate the license server. It is highly recommended that you activate the license server. A Terminal Server running on Windows Server
2003 operates for 120 days before the terminal server must discover an activated license server.

Important: If you do not activate the license server within 120 days, your Terminal Server will no longer operate.

A license server is not considered operational until it is activated. If you do not activate the license server as a part of the installation itself (highly recommended), youcan activate it later.

To activate Terminal Server Licensing:

1.On the computer running Terminal Server License Server, click Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Terminal Server Licensing.

2.If the License Server has not been activated, in the console tree, right-click the Terminal Server License Server you want to activate.

3.Click Activate Server to start the Activation Wizard.

4.In the Activation method list, select Automatic connection (recommended), and then click Next.

5.Follow the instructions in the wizard.

When you have completed all the preceding tasks, Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server can operate in two
licensing modes: Per Device (default factory setting) and Per User. By default,
Terminal Server Licensing is configured in Per Device mode.

A Per Device CAL gives each client computer or device the right to access a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003. If you install Per Device CALs on your license server, youneed to ensure that the licensing mode on Terminal Server is set to Per Device.

Using Per User licensing,one user can access a terminal server from an unlimited number of devices and only one CAL is needed instead of a CAL for each device. Ifyou purchase and install Per User CALs on your license server, you must set the licensing mode on to Per User.

Note: Per User Licensing is not monitored by Terminal Server. This means that when you install Per User CALs, do notexpect the number of available Per User CALs to be monitored.

For more information about Per User versus Per Device CALs, see Choosing the Licensing Mode
Each device or user must have a valid CAL for connection to terminal server. You must purchase and install Terminal Server CALs on the computer running Terminal Server Licensing. Before purchasing CALs, understand that Windows Server 2003 gives you Per User or Per Device for the type of CAL.

To purchase Terminal Server CALs, contact your preferred Microsoft Software Advisor as follows:

• In the United States,call (800) 426-9400 or visit the Microsoft Licensing Program Reseller  Web site.

• In Canada, call the Microsoft Resource Centre at (877) 568-2495.

• If you are outside the United States or Canada, please review the Worldwide Microsoft Licensing Web sites or contact your local Microsoft subsidiary on the Microsoft Worldwide Home Web site.

For more information about the significance of Terminal Server CALs, see the Knowledge Base article,
The Function of Terminal Server CALs in Windows
Server 2003.

Terminal Server Licensing is of no value unless it has Terminal Server CAL tokens—an electronic representation of a Terminal Server CAL—which it can issue to various terminal servers. The terminal servers, in turn, can pass the tokens to the client devices connected to those terminal servers. After you purchase the appropriate type and quantity of Terminal Server CALs, you need to install them on the computer running Terminal Server Licensing.

To install CALs:

1.On the computer running Terminal Server Licensing, click Start, Programs, Administrative Tools,Terminal Server Licensing.

2.Select the license server in the right pane, and then on the Action menu, Install, Licenses.

3.Follow the steps in the wizard for a successful installation of the CALs.


Please see additional full info here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/quickstart.msp