
That said, there are free keys available for the Trial, RC and Beta editions of Windows Server 2012 from Microsoft here. This means you do not need to deploy the RDLI role if you’re just testing things out or want to do a Proof of Concept for a few months. Without this role the RDS environment will function for 120 days in a “grace period” before connections will be refused. Then restart the corresponding services or reboot the server.Read more Step-by-Step Guides on Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012.Īn important part of really finishing a deployment of Remote Desktop Services is the Licensing role, or “RDLI”. Type of licenses must be selected on the device. Open license agreement enter your authorization number and license number if your Windows has been purchased.

Then reinstall the licenses (install licenses on the server) Next, get the license control panel - administration - remote desktop services - Remote Desktop Licensing Manager open all servers - right click on your server - license management rebuild the license server database - the remote desktop licensing database is damagedĬlick the checkbox to confirm the removal of licenses installed on this server. Important ! If we choose the licensing mode for the user, the error will remain and the server will continue to repeat that there are no available licensing servers, because there can only be a licensing mode for the device in the workgroup.įurther in the same powershell we start gpupdate, to get the licenses. Type gpedit.msc and change the corresponding keys: Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Remote Desktop Services \ Remote Desktop Session Host \ Licensing - Use the Remote Desktop license servers (add the name of your server or its ip address) Computer Configuration \ Administrative Templates \ Windows Components \ Remote Desktop Services \ Remote Desktop Session Host \ Licensing - Set the Remote licensing mode (select the type of licenses for the device) To fix this situation open Powershell or execute winkey + rĬonfiguring local policies for servers in the workgroup Installed and activated the licensing server.Įverything worked fine for about 120 days.


I faced an unexpected problem a long time ago after installing and configuring windows server 2012 r2.
