Hello,
I'm currently in the process of setting up an HP ProLiant ML330 G6 server running SBS 2011 Standard in a small office (approximately four clients on average in the office plus two users who want to log in remotely).
Every time the server boots up a message appears about RDS not being configured correctly and that it will be disabled in xxx days, currently 111 I believe, it's been a while since the server has been rebooted. To be honest I couldn't tell you the exact wording of the message because it disappears in seconds after appearing, which is annoying because it says 'click here to [do something]'; yesterday was the first time I've actually managed to click on it before it disappeared.
So I'm not really sure what it is I'm supposed to be doing exactly. After about half an hour of stab-in-the-dark clicking I managed to connect to a Microsoft Clearinghouse server, then it asked me for RDS CAL codes... I'm assuming these aren't the same as the five CALs Standard was supposed to come with? I mean I have no idea because I haven't seen a single mention of CALs up until now, I don't know what they're for, what they do, how to set up the distinction between devices and users... And if RDS CALs are the same as the other CALs, where are the codes for the five that I'm supposed to have already for me to send to the Clearinghouse server thing?
I know I'm being extremely vague but I honestly don't know what I'm doing. In the Microsoft Management Console RD Session Host Configuration Licensing Diagnosis... Panel? Window? I'm told I have one warning, which is:
"The Remote Desktop Session Host server is in Remote Desktop for Administration licensing mode and No Redirector Mode, but license server servername.domainname.local does not have any installed licenses with the following attributes:
Product version: Windows Server 2008 or Windows® Small Business Server 2011
Licensing mode: Remote Desktop for Administration
License type: RDS CALs"
So, my question is: how can I resolve this and set the RDS up so that it won't expire in a couple of months?
Thank you!
