Rds Cal License Registry Key

When you decommission an old license server, your RDS host may still attempt to contact it. Removing the server’s entry from SpecifiedLicenseServers forces the host to fail over to another server.

Note: Per‑user CALs are tracked here too, but actual usage is stored in Active Directory or a database file (edb*.log in %SystemRoot%\System32\LServer). rds cal license registry key


When you configure an RDS session host to use a specific license server (either manually or via Group Policy), the server saves that information here: When you decommission an old license server, your

Example (PowerShell view):

Path: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\RCM\SpecifiedLicenseServers
Value: "LS1.domain.local" "LS2.domain.local"