Windows Server 2012 - 5 Remote Desktop User CAL Pack - Elite Pricing

Windows Server 2012 - 5 Remote Desktop User CAL Pack - Elite Pricing

Need help determining your licensing scenario? Take a look below

Windows Server CAL Licensing Guide

Licensing Requirements

Once the licensing grace period is passed, you must have a license for each connecting user or device to connect to an RD Session Host server. You will also need to install an RD Licensing server. You can install the RD Licensing role service on the same server or on a separate server.

Client Access Licenses (CALs) must be purchased and installed on the RD Licensing Server. Though these CALs will be tied to the server, it is possible to move them to new hardware if needed. RDS supports per-user and per-device licensing, and your choice between the two is based on if you have more users or computers in your network. 

Install the RD Licensing role service just as you did the RD Session Host role service. Then you must:

• Activate the RD Licensing server
• Install RDS CALs so the RD Licensing server can allocate them to users and devices
• Tell the RD Session Host server to use the RD Licensing server (you must do this even if the two role services are located on the same machine)

If you do build a virtual RD Session Host server, you should probably use a server with a processor supporting second-level address translation (SLAT) to reduce the overhead of memory mapping between the physical machine and the VMs. To reduce overhead, it's also advisable to use a Type 1 hypervisor like Hyper-V, not a Type 2.