- Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5
- Guillermo Musumeci
- 391字
- 2021-08-13 18:17:26
Configure Remote Desktop Licenses
The last step to finish the setup of the pilot XenApp farm is the configuration of the Remote Desktop Licensing.
When he logs in to XenApp servers before the Remote Desktop licenses are configured, he will see a balloon in the Windows taskbar, similar to the one shown in the following screenshot. The grace period for a Remote Desktop license setup is 120 days.
William needs to install the Remote Desktop Licensing Role Service, activate a Remote Desktop license server, and install Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (CAL) on a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 on the Active Directory Domain (or test server if we are testing the product on one single test server).
Note
To install Remote Desktop Licensing Role Service and Remote Desktop licenses, contact your Active Directory administrator or follow the instructions available at http://xenapp6.musumeci.com.ar
To specify the Remote Desktop licensing mode on XenApp Servers, he needs to use the Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration console. To open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration, he clicks Start | Administrative Tools | Remote Desktop Services | Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.
Under Licensing, he double-clicks on the Remote Desktop licensing mode option.
We can select either Per Device or Per User, depending on our environment.
He clicks on the Add button, selects decided License servers and clicks on the OK button.
Licensing configuration is now complete. The resulting window will look like the one shown in the following screenshot:
Configuring Remote Desktop licensing mode by using Group Policy
To specify the Remote Desktop licensing mode by using Group Policy (GPO), William (the administrator) enables the Set the Remote Desktop licensing mode GPO.
This GPO setting is located under Computer Configuration | Policies | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Remote Desktop Services | Remote Desktop Session Host | Licensing.
To configure this GPO setting, William can use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) in Active Directory environments, or the Local Group Policy Editor to configure the GPO setting locally on our XenApp server or workgroup. Using an Active Directory GPO is the preferred method to configure Remote Desktop licensing.
This is the end of our deployment plan. Now we are ready to start with our pilot plan.