Q. Why is it called terminal services unlimited?
A. It is called that way cause you can use your terminal server for how long you like, it means you can set expiration date for the clients.There is no need for server reinstall after grace period is over.
Update: In the newest version of the document I have included HOWTO fully activate terminal services.
Q. Can I reset already expired licence?
A. Yes. You can reset expired licence and create new. There is no need to change anything on the actual infrastructure, just follow steps from the doc and everything will be working in few minutes.
Q. What is with permament licenses that you mentioned?
A. In the document I have included solution for full activation of terminal services 2003 together with unissued terminal client CALs. Please use this at your risk and just for educational and testing use.
Q. Why you are charging this procedure?
A. I am charging it cause I am trying to pay my expensive college education. If you support me with 25€ you will not pay it as a valuable document, you will support my education at the first place.
Q. Is this working with Windows 2003?
A. I have tested it with Windows 2003 Server Standard and Enterprise, Windows Server 2003 Std R2 and I have feedback from user that it has been tested on Windows 2003 Datacenter Server. It is working also on Windows 2000 server.
Update: In the newest version of the document I have included guide for Windows 2008 also!
Q. I installed a terminal server a little while ago and it works fine. Do I really need a licensing server?
A. Yes. Terminal Server is working now for you because it is in the grace period. For the first 120 days after installation with Windows Server 2003, or 90 days after installation with Windows 2000), any unlicensed client can connect while the terminal server waits for you to install a licensing server. After the end of the grace period, if no licensing server is found, the terminal server will stop accepting unlicensed connections.
Q. Do I need to activate Licensing server?
A. No, it is a whole point to have fully functional Terminal Server without activation. If you want you can activate server but at your own risk.
Q. What about thin clients?
A. Thin clients have own terminal CAL licence. I have tested whole procedure with PocketPC and I have managed to recreate new database with new expiration date and also I have feedback from user that has tested thin clients, and it is working fine.
Q. Is this crack, hack or somekind of keygen for Windows terminal server 2000 and 2003 client licenses?
A. No, it is not any kind of crack, hack or somekind of keygen for Windows terminal server 2000 and 2003 client licenses, it is just a document that is describing how to have fully functional server, it is not necessary to have some kind of program to do this with terminal services licensing.
Q. What is Windows Server terminal services grace period?
A. The period of time that a server that has Terminal Services enabled allows unlimited connections without communicating with a license server. The grace period begins when Terminal Services is enabled and ends after either 120 days or when a license server is discovered, whichever occurs first. (The grace period is 90 days for Windows 2000 Terminal Services.) If you deploy the terminal server and a license server on the same day, there is no grace period.
Q. What are Temporary tokens
A. License tokens are issued to clients that are connecting to terminal servers in Per Device mode when there are no Terminal Services Client Access License (Terminal CAL) tokens available. Temporary tokens are valid for 90 days. There is no limit to the number of temporary tokens a license server issues, but a single device is only issued a temporary token one time. After that token expires, the device can only connect if a Terminal Services CAL token is available.
Q. Is this ilegal or against the EULA?
A. Acording to Microsoft it is not ilegal to use terminal server with temporary licenses. There is a paragraph that says: " There is no provision in the EULA for accessing a terminal server without the appropriate licenses". Click for paragraph that explains temporary licence and particularly take a look at last sentence.
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