Deactivate a Terminal Services License Server

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

You might need to deactivate a Terminal Services license server when the certificate of the server has expired or becomes corrupted, or when the server is being redeployed. When you deactivate a Terminal Services license server, the license server will not be able to issue permanent Terminal Services Per Device client access licenses (TS Per Device CALs) to additional clients until the license server is activated again. However, a deactivated license server is able to issue TS Per User CALs and temporary TS Per Device CALs.

You can deactivate a license server by using one of the following methods:

• Deactivate a Terminal Services License Server Automatically

• Deactivate a Terminal Services License Server by Using the Telephone

You cannot deactivate a Terminal Services license server by using the Web browser connection method.

Additional references

• Managing TS Licensing

• Activate a Terminal Services License Server