Remote Desktop Connection Broker Licensing
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Rob Russell October 2, 2018 Windows While running a Windows Server 2016 Server or Windows Server 2012 R2 with the Remote Desktop Licensing role, you may receive this notification popup in the lower right corner saying “Remote Desktop Licensing Mode is not configured. Remote Desktop Services will stop working in XX days. On the RD Connection Broker server, use Server Manager to specify the Remote Desktop…” If you click on the notification, it usually doesn’t do anything except disappear. In my case, I could open the Remote Desktop Licensing Manager and I could see that I had valid licenses installed and everything looked good. How To Fix The Remote Desktop Licensing Mode Is Not Configured Error
If you open the Remote Desktop Licensing Diagnoser, you shouldn’t see anymore errors regarding your licenses.
The default server setting is RDP Admin mode, which allows single sessions with the appropriate privileges. If there is only one user, then additional RDS (Remote Desktop Service) licenses are not required. If multiple users need to connect to the server simultaneously, each user needs a Remote Desktop Server Client Access License (RDS CAL) added to the license manager, with the session host configured to use that license manager. Note: If this is not done, the RDS will go into Evaluation Mode, which will expire after 120 days, effectively locking users out. An error message ‘Remote Desktop licensing mode is not configured‘ will be displayed. How to add Remote Desktop Service (RDS) licenses to a Windows server:
1. Ensure that the server has received Windows updatesThis can be done using our Windows Server Updates Service 2. Install Remote Desktop Services Role 2012 or 2016
3. Configure the Session Host
4. Set up the license manager and add RDS CALSContact your administrator, or mail our Dedicated team to do this for you if we provide your license. |