Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Terminal Services/Licensing
You can use this setting to control which servers are issued licenses. By default, a terminal server license server issues a license to any computer that requests one.
For example, this policy might be useful in a departmental deployment in which each department purchases its own TS CALs and terminal servers. This policy allow a department to control which terminal servers are able to request TS CAL tokens from their license server(s).
If the status is set to Enabled, the terminal server license Server grants licenses only to computers whose computer accounts are placed in the Terminal Services Computers local group. When the license server is a domain controller, this group is a domain local group.
Notes
1. The Terminal Services Computers group is empty by default. The terminal server license server does not grant licenses to any computers unless you explicitly populate this group.
2. The most efficient way to manage terminal server computer accounts is to create a global group containing the accounts of all terminal servers and license servers that must receive licenses. Then, place this global group into the local (or domain local) Terminal Services Computers group. This method allows a domain administrator to manage a single list of computer accounts.
3. To add a computer account to a group, open the Computer Management snap-in, navigate to the Properties page of the group, and click Add. On the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, click Object Types and then check Computers.
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