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I have a domain controller running SBS 2011, and a Terminal Server running Server 2008 R2 standard. &nbsp;On the Terminal server in the RD Licensing Manager, it says that the server is not activated. &nbsp;It is however issuing the RDS Per User CALs to all of the users. &nbsp;Also, in the computer properties of the Terminal Server it does say that Windows is Activated. &nbsp;Does the RD Licensing server actually have to be activated? &nbsp;Would this deny us access to remote in the the Terminal Server externally?
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I have a domain controller running SBS 2011, and a Terminal Server running Server 2008 R2 standard.  On the Terminal server in the RD Licensing Manager, it says that the server is not activated.  It is however issuing the RDS Per User CALs to all of the users.  Also, in the computer properties of the Terminal Server it does say that Windows is Activated.  Does the RD Licensing server actually have to be activated?  Would this deny us access to remote in the the Terminal Server externally?

Windows Server 2008 R2 Std RD Licensing Server Not Activated

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).