Verify that Terminal Server Licensing is correctly installed on the license server

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To verify that Terminal Server Licensing is correctly installed on the license server

  1. On the license server, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, verify that Terminal Services Licensing appears on the menu, and then open Terminal Server Licensing.

    If Terminal Server Licensing does not appear, perform the following steps to install this component.

  2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

  3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.

  4. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.

  5. In Terminal Server Licensing Setup, do one of the following:

    • Click Your entire enterprise to choose an Enterprise license server. You can only install an Enterprise license server on a domain controller or a member server in a domain (if the member server is running Windows Server 2003), not on a stand-alone server. This role is published to Active Directory.

    • Click Your domain or workgroup to choose a Domain license server. If you select this option, the computer on which you install the license server does not have to be a domain controller, if the computer is running Windows Server 2003. However, if the computer is running Windows 2000, the computer on which you install the license server must be a domain controller or a stand-alone server in a workgroup. If the computer on which you plan to install the license server is in a workgroup, it can only be automatically discovered by terminal servers on the same subnet.

  6. Provide the file system location where the license server database should be installed on the Terminal Server license server, click Next, and then click Finish.

    The default location for the license server database is systemroot\System32\LServer.

  7. Notes

    • If you are installing a Domain license server, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.

    • If you are installing an Enterprise License Server, you must meet one of the following conditions:

    • You must be a member of the Enterprise Admins group in Active Directory.

    • You must have the right to create the TS-Enterprise-License-Server object in the same site in which the license server will reside in Active Directory.

    As a security best practice, consider Using Run as to perform this procedure.