License Expiration on TS

[DC]

I may have a licensing issue. Previously I had problems with clients using
Temporary Licenses (HP thin clients), and then they expired after something
like 90 days. So I just went and had the customer purchase some Terminal
Server CAL's which installed fine, but now it shows up with an "Expiration
Date" of almost exactly 90 days from when the previous Temporary Client
licenses expired. Does it do like a recheck every 90 days? Should I be
concerned? (Does the licensing work like a DHCP lease?) Should I be using
User mode vs. Seat mode?

Thanks a bunch in advance!

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

This is by design. Nothing to worry about.

"Permanent" TS CALs have an expiration date of 52-89 days after
issueing. This is to avoid a situation were the license is
permanently issued to a client, and therefor permanently lost when
the client is discarded or re-installed from scratch.
The client will automatically try to renew the license, starting 7
days before the expiration date. If the client doesn't connect to
the Terminal Server within this 7 day period, the license expires
and is automatically returned to the Licensing Server.

--
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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Post by DC
I may have a licensing issue. Previously I had problems with
clients using Temporary Licenses (HP thin clients), and then
they expired after something like 90 days. So I just went and
had the customer purchase some Terminal Server CAL's which
installed fine, but now it shows up with an "Expiration Date" of
almost exactly 90 days from when the previous Temporary Client
licenses expired. Does it do like a recheck every 90 days?
Should I be concerned? (Does the licensing work like a DHCP
lease?) Should I be using User mode vs. Seat mode?
Thanks a bunch in advance!

[DC]

Thank you! You're awesome!

Post by Vera Noest [MVP]
This is by design. Nothing to worry about.
"Permanent" TS CALs have an expiration date of 52-89 days after
issueing. This is to avoid a situation were the license is
permanently issued to a client, and therefor permanently lost when
the client is discarded or re-installed from scratch.
The client will automatically try to renew the license, starting 7
days before the expiration date. If the client doesn't connect to
the Terminal Server within this 7 day period, the license expires
and is automatically returned to the Licensing Server.
--
Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
--- please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ---

Post by DC
I may have a licensing issue. Previously I had problems with
clients using Temporary Licenses (HP thin clients), and then
they expired after something like 90 days. So I just went and
had the customer purchase some Terminal Server CAL's which
installed fine, but now it shows up with an "Expiration Date" of
almost exactly 90 days from when the previous Temporary Client
licenses expired. Does it do like a recheck every 90 days?
Should I be concerned? (Does the licensing work like a DHCP
lease?) Should I be using User mode vs. Seat mode?
Thanks a bunch in advance!