Terminal Services Licensing Server Required for Windows Server Terminal Services Clients (291807)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
This article was previously published under Q291807 SUMMARY According to the end-user license agreement (EULA), if you
are using a licensed version of Windows 2000, you do not have to purchase a
Windows Server Terminal Services Client Access
license to connect to a server that is running Windows Server Terminal Services. However, you
must still deploy and activate a server that is running Terminal Services
Licensing. MORE INFORMATION You must install and activate a Terminal Services Licensing
server within 90 days of the date that you install a server that is running
Terminal Services in Application Server mode. You must do so even if all the
client computers that are connecting to a terminal server are running Windows
Server. Although you do not have to
purchase an additional Terminal Services Client Access license, you must have a
Terminal Services Licensing server to validate these clients as they connect to
a terminal server. These licenses are tracked by the Terminal Services
Licensing tool and are referred to as "Existing Windows 2000 Licenses."
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 1/27/2006 |
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| Keywords: | kbinfo KB291807 |
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