Hello,
I was wondering if someone could explain how the RDS licensing works in Per User mode. I am a little confused as to how to determine whether we are reaching our installed CAL limit or not. As I understand it RDS User CALS are not assigned per user, an unlimited number of users can connect, whereas a device CAL is assigned per device. If this is the case, then how can I tally up how many RDS User connections we have and compare against the CALS installed. Currently our license server shows the following, I have inherited this system from an outsourced provider setup so Ii don’t really know exactly what they have done. This information is displayed under the RDS licensing server manager in 2008 R2
License Version and Type License Program Total Licenses
Windows 2000 Server - Built-in TS Per Device CALS Built-in unlimited
Windows Server 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 RDS Per User Open 5
Windows Server 2008 or Windows 2008 R2 RDS Per User Open 46
There is another column to the right of these which indicate how many have been issued, there is no figures in this column for any of those license types shown. I am assuming that the built-in line is for the two admins which can connect from an unlimited number of devices. If I run a report and cover the entire domains and trusted forests it comes back with a CSV file which only contains half a dozen user names in it, despite the installed quantity showing 51, it shows that I have 13 available – how can I find out where the other 38 have been assigned and how can I tell if they are being used or not?
Many thanks
Steve
