MS RDS Server Shows 500 User Licenses Instead of What We Purchased
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So when a customer got a new RDS server and bought their CALs and applied them, it should show about 37, but actually shows 500.
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Did some digging on the MS forums and they said that because they are Volume Licenses through the CSP program you seem to always get 500 regardless of what is purchased. Some people are convinced that this is a bug, some think it is just a lazy approach. But there seems to be consensus that this always happens. So the program that you buy through is the determining factor, at this time.
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@scottalanmiller said in MS RDS Server Shows 500 User Licenses Instead of What We Purchased:
Did some digging on the MS forums and they said that because they are Volume Licenses through the CSP program you seem to always get 500 regardless of what is purchased. Some people are convinced that this is a bug, some think it is just a lazy approach. But there seems to be consensus that this always happens. So the program that you buy through is the determining factor, at this time.
True. If you recall the days of the MS Licensing portal for MS Office; if you bought any small quantity of Open license, like 5, 10, 15, 20, etc.... The portal always showed and allowed 50 activations for the same product key.
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@JasGot said in MS RDS Server Shows 500 User Licenses Instead of What We Purchased:
@scottalanmiller said in MS RDS Server Shows 500 User Licenses Instead of What We Purchased:
Did some digging on the MS forums and they said that because they are Volume Licenses through the CSP program you seem to always get 500 regardless of what is purchased. Some people are convinced that this is a bug, some think it is just a lazy approach. But there seems to be consensus that this always happens. So the program that you buy through is the determining factor, at this time.
True. If you recall the days of the MS Licensing portal for MS Office; if you bought any small quantity of Open license, like 5, 10, 15, 20, etc.... The portal always showed and allowed 50 activations for the same product key.
Yeah, appears to be the same basic thing here. I do remember that as well.
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@scottalanmiller said in MS RDS Server Shows 500 User Licenses Instead of What We Purchased:
re convinced that this is a bug, some think it is just a lazy approach. But there seems to be consensus that this always happens. So the program that you buy through is the determining factor, at this time.
Is this showing in the Windows RDS Licensing or in the volume licensing website?
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@dbeato said in MS RDS Server Shows 500 User Licenses Instead of What We Purchased:
@scottalanmiller said in MS RDS Server Shows 500 User Licenses Instead of What We Purchased:
re convinced that this is a bug, some think it is just a lazy approach. But there seems to be consensus that this always happens. So the program that you buy through is the determining factor, at this time.
Is this showing in the Windows RDS Licensing or in the volume licensing website?
in Windows itself.
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@scottalanmiller Weird I haven't see that, that is a new one for me.
