Activate Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
- John Hicks
- Robert Brink
Introduction
The intention of this guide is to show how to report RDS licenses in compliance with Microsoft Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA).
Prerequisites
To perform these steps, you must have access to Remote Desktop Licensing Manager and the Cloudist Solutions Microsoft SPLA agreement number.
Procedure
To activate a Remote Desktop license server via Internet
On the license server, open Remote Desktop Licensing Manager
Click Start
Go to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services and then click Remote Desktop Licensing Manager
Right-click the license server that you want to activate and then click Activate Server
Click Next
On the Connection Method page in the Connection method list, select Automatic connection (recommended)
Click Next
Enter your details and on the Country or Region Selection page
Select your Country or Region
Click Next
Enter additional contact information if support by Microsoft is requested, and then click NextÂ
Click Next to start the Install Licenses Wizard
When the Wizard is open click Next to Start
In the License Program drop-down menu choose: Service Provider License Agreement
Click Next
In Agreement number enter the Cloudist Solutions SPLA agreement number provided by a Cloudist Solutions representative
Click Next
Select your Product Version and License Type
In Quantity enter the required number of the licenses you want to install
Click NextÂ
When reporting monthly usage under https://portal.cloudist.se → SPLA, you only report the quantity of actual used licenses.
Example: You install 123 licenses as below, however you only use 104 licenses, then you should report 104 RDS licenses as monthly usage.