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FAQ: Terminal Services CALs Not Issued PDF Print E-mail
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February 20, 2006
I get this question all the time - "How come when I check Terminal Services Licensing Manager, I don't see any TS CALs being allocated to my clients?"  The short answer is that Terminal Servers that are in Per-User mode will not allocate TS CALs from a Terminal Services License Server.  This is 100% by design and is acting exactly as Microsoft intended.

Last Updated ( February 20, 2006 )
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FAQ: How do I contact the Microsoft Clearinghouse? PDF Print E-mail
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December 12, 2005
To have your licenses re-issued, you must contact the Microsoft Clearinghouse by phone.  The first thing you need to do is change your Installation Method to Telephone in the Terminal Services Licensing Wizard Properties (from the View menu, select Properties).  The Clearinghouse phone number for the US is (888) 571-2048; this number and numbers for other locations can be found in the Terminal Services Licensing Wizard by selecting the appropriate Country or Region on the Properties screen.  Call and speak with a representative and explain that you need to reinstall your Terminal Services CALs and why.  They will walk you through the process and provide you with an actviation code to enter into the wizard when prompted.
Last Updated ( December 12, 2005 )
 
FAQ: How do I remove a TS CAL from a client machine? PDF Print E-mail
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November 30, 2005

To remove a TS CAL from a Windows machine, open REGEDIT and browse to the following location:

- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\MSLicensing\Store\

There will be one or more sub-keys listed here such as LICENSE000, LICENSE001, etc.  Most likely, only LICENSE000 will be listed.  This key contains the certificate (TS CAL) issued by the Terminal Services Licensing Server.  To remove the TS CAL simply delete the LICENSE00x key, or you can delete the \MSLicensing key to remove all TS CALs at once.  The \MSLicensing key will be regenerated automatically the next time the client is issued a TS CAL.

Last Updated ( December 12, 2005 )
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FAQ: How can I remove TS CALs from a License Server once they have been Installed? PDF Print E-mail
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November 28, 2005

Unfortunately you can't remove a Terminal Services CAL once it has been added to the licensing database.  Microsoft's Terminal Server Licensing Management interface has no mechanism to remove TS Licenses once they have been added to a TS Licensing Server.  

Last Updated ( December 12, 2005 )
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FAQ: VMware ESX Hardware Support PDF Print E-mail
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October 12, 2005
Curious which hardware ESX Server will run on?
Last Updated ( December 12, 2005 )
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