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Only if you want to find it automatically.<br />
You can specify the license server to use in the Terminal Services Configuration MMC (assuming SP1 or later is installed).
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I demoted a 2003 server so it is no longer a DC. &nbsp;This server also happens to be my Terminal Server licensing server and now I receive a message that my terminal servers cannot find a Windows 2003 Terminal Server Licence Server. &nbsp;From the license server I open the licensing module and it doesn't find itself as the license server without me manually connecting to it. &nbsp;Does the licensing server need to be on a DC?
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I demoted a 2003 server so it is no longer a DC.  This server also happens to be my Terminal Server licensing server and now I receive a message that my terminal servers cannot find a Windows 2003 Terminal Server Licence Server.  From the license server I open the licensing module and it doesn't find itself as the license server without me manually connecting to it.  Does the licensing server need to be on a DC?

Only if you want to find it automatically.
You can specify the license server to use in the Terminal Services Configuration MMC (assuming SP1 or later is installed).

Terminal Server Licensing Server

I demoted a 2003 server so it is no longer a DC.  This server also happens to be my Terminal Server licensing server and now I receive a message that my terminal servers cannot find a Windows 2003 Terminal Server Licence Server.  From the license server I open the licensing module and it doesn&#39;t find itself as the license server without me manually connecting to it.  Does the licensing server need to be on a DC?

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