Tag: Activate

  • Reset Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS 120 Day Grace Period

    Reset Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS 120 Day Grace Period

    The RD Licensing grace period has expired and the service has not registered with a license server with installed licenses. A RD Licensing server is required for continuous operation. A Remote Desktop Session Host server can operate without a license server for 120 days after initial start up.

    The official solution is to Activate the RDS/TS CAL License server and point the Server to License server with User/Device License and will be resolve the problem, but if you want to reset the timer and again avail the 120 days grace time here is the solution:

    Delete the REG_BINARY in:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\RCM\GracePeriod

    To delete the key you must take ownership and give admin users full control.

    After a restart of the server RDS will reset the grace period to 120 days.