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Terminal Server License

I have a client with a SBS 2003 server and a second Windows 2000 Server, that they want to use as a Terminal Server. I haver Term server setup on the 2000 box in Application mode. Can someone please point in the right direction or let me know what I need to do for licensing and the best way to get this configured? Do they need seperate CALs or will the SBS CALs work?

Thanks,
Rob

Rob Williams

The terminal server itself requires one license but the SBS user CALs will cover the users. One of the many advantages of SBS.

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mikehale1

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Thank you, I got the licensing part added and now when I try to connect as a user (other then Administrator), I get the message "The local policy of this system does not permit you to logon interactively"?

llefebure

Since your domain controller is Windows 2003, I believe that you will be effected by it's new setup for allowing users into TS. Inside Active Directory Users & Computers, you will find one group called Remote Desktop Users. I believe you will have to add the user accounts you wish to access the TS into this group.

Of course you can work around this by looking through the local security policy on your TS. You can find the policy that specifies which users and groups can do an interactive logon, but you may as well do it the windows is pre-designed to do it if possible.

Rob Williams

Make sure you users have been added. One method is using the terminal server configuration manager:

Administrative tools | Terminal Server Configuration | click on connections | right hand window right click on RDP-tcp and choose properties | Permissions | add the users

mikehale1

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Thanks again for the posts, I tried both of these solutions and it still did not work. I did some more searches and found the following MS KB that solved it - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/247989/en-us.

Thanks again for everyone's help,
Rob