Thanks for the information. Were there problems you experienced that lead you to separate the services, or was it just a manageability preference?
Thanks, -Aakash Shah From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Martin Sent: Monday, May 4, 2015 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Remote Desktop Licensing Server - Install On DC? If you have virtual server capabilities, I'd find another candidate or setup a new server for that function. I'm on the home stretch of decommissioning some Windows 2003 DCs that had several other services (WINs, DHCP, RDS, etc) tied to them. My preference going forward is to separate these services off of DCs whenever possible. We used our KMS server to host the RD licensing service. - Sean On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Aakash Shah <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We need to set up a new RD licensing server in a new forest (no trusts with any other forests). In another forest, we have installed the RD licensing server on one of the DCs. It appears that beginning in Server 2008, we now have the ability to install the licensing component on a non-DC server per https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh553158(v=ws.10).aspx. Based on other people’s experiences, are there any compelling reasons to either use or not use a DC as the RD licensing server? Thanks, -Aakash Shah
