With the user cal you purchase a cal for every user who accesses the server to use services such as file storage or printing regardless of the number of devices they use for that access.
Windows server 2008 r2 rds cal.
Used them for a windows 2008 r2 remote desktop server.
Well as others stated here i was a bit concerned due to it being hp branded rds cals but they worked perfectly fine.
Click next on the welcome screen.
Each user or device accessing a licensed windows server requires a windows server cal or a windows server and a remote desktop services rds cal.
Right click the server name and select activate server.
Saved me quite a bit of money buying two of them.
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You must specify the name of a license server for the rd session host server to use by using remote desktop session host configuration snap in.
3 can be rdsh session based or rdvh virtual machine based.
Even activated over the internet so i didn t have to call in.
In windows server 2012 launch server manager and click tools terminal services remote desktop licensing manager.
How it was shipped was rather amusing.
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The following table shows which rds cal and license server versions are compatible with each other.
In windows server 2008 r2 click start administrative tools remote desktop services remote desktop licensing manager.