This is a role service of the Remote Desktop Services role on Windows Server 2016. To install Remote Desktop Services CALs, you first need to install Remote Desktop Licensing. If you don’t have Remote Desktop Services Client Access Licenses (RDS CALs), your users will not be able to connect to a remote desktop session host server, after the initial grace period of 120-days expires. Finally, we will look at how to designate specific License Servers to RD Session Host Servers, through PowerShell and Group Policy.
We will also review the two different types of CALs, and how to install CALs on the RD License Server.
In this blog post we will look at how to install and activate a Remote Desktop License Server on Windows Server 2016.