If I understand MS licensing correctly, you will need an RDS CAL for each user that will be connecting, even if they're just RDP-ing to their PC.
But, I am not 100% sure... Dave > I'm just trying to allow users to RDP into their machines, without opening > 3389. Also the site only has one static so RDP would to multiple machines > would be hard unless I change the port numbers. > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 10:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > > The license server needs to be activated, in order to allow a computer to > establish a remote connection to a and RDS server. > > if you are not installing an RD server what function will the gateway > server? > I guess my question is , what exactly are you trying to do that can't be > accomplished by FW rules or simple port forwarding? > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:15:01 +0000 > Excellent point on the administration part. > > Thanks Webster for answering my question. Maybe I can ask the next > question that piggy backs off that. If the RDS server is setup as a RDS > gateway only, does the licensing manager or CALS even need to be > installed? > > > From: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 9:54 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > > I believe, and someone chime in if I'm mistaken, > > The two cals that "come with it " are for administration only, > Administrators don't get counted as RDP users ( I learned that when i > started with Citrix years ago ) > If you really want to see what is allocated/assigned goto TSlicensing and > run a report , it will show how many user liceses are in assigned. > > here is a sample i just pulled > > [https://a.gfx.ms/i_safe.gif] > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [NTSysADM] RDS license question > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:53:22 +0000 > I'm sure this is a simple question. Server 2008R2 with RDS installed. It > has 3 User CAL's installed. > > I'm testing the CALS and now have 6 different RDP sessions that are > active. Shouldn't I have hit a limit here, 3 plus the 2 that come with > servers by default? Thanks for any clarifications. > > Jimmy > >
