Test Lab Guide: Deploying Remote Desktop Licensing Applies to Windows Server Beta “8” Step 1: Complete the VDI standard deployment test lab This test lab guide uses the VDI standard deployment test lab as a starting place. Complete the steps in before you proceed with the remainder of the steps in this guide. If you have already completed the steps in the Test Lab Guide, and you saved a disk image or a virtual machine snapshot of the VDI standard deployment, you can restore the VDI standard deployment in Hyper-V Manager, and then proceed to the next step. Step 2: Configure the Remote Desktop license server To install the RD Licensing role service Log on to the server as a CORP\Administrator user account. Server Manager will automatically. If it does not automatically start, click Start, type servermanager.exe, and then click Server Manager. In the left pane, click Remote Desktop Services, and then click Overview. Under the Deployment Overview Tile, right-click the + icon above RD Licensing, and then select Add RD Licensing Servers. On the Select Server page, select the server RDL-SRV on you want to install the RD Licensing role service, and then click Next. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, verify that the RD Licensing role service will be installed, and then click Install. On the Installation Progress page, installation progress is noted. On the Installation Results page, confirm that the installation of the RD Licensing role service was successful, and then click Close. Step 3: Activate the Remote Desktop license server In this step, you will activate the Remote Desktop license server. A license server must be activated to certify the license server and the license server to issue Remote Desktop Services client access
Test Lab Guide: Deploying Remote Desktop Licensing Applies to Windows Server “8” Beta Step 1: Complete the VDI standard deployment test lab This test lab guide uses the VDI standard deployment test lab as a starting place. Complete the steps in before you proceed with the remainder of the steps in this guide. If you have already completed the steps in the Test Lab Guide, and you saved a disk image or a virtual machine snapshot of the VDI standard deployment, you can restore the VDI standard deployment in Hyper-V Manager, and then proceed to the next step. Step 2: Configure the Remote Desktop license server To install the RD Licensing role service Log on to the server as a CORP\Administrator user account. Server Manager will automatically. If it does not automatically start, click Start, type servermanager.exe, and then click Server Manager. In the left pane, click Remote Desktop Services, and then click Overview. Under the Deployment Overview Tile, right-click the + icon above RD Licensing, and then select Add RD Licensing Servers. On the Select Server page, select the server RDL-SRV on you want to install the RD Licensing role service, and then click Next. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, verify that the RD Licensing role service will be installed, and then click Install. On the Installation Progress page, installation progress is noted. On the Installation Results page, confirm that the installation of the RD Licensing role service was successful, and then click Close. Step 3: Activate the Remote Desktop license server In this step, you will activate the Remote Desktop license server. A license server must be activated to certify the license server and the license server to issue Remote Desktop Services client access
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