Before reinstalling Windows Server 2003 , I would like to save TS CAL (5 volume) licenses. How can I do that? Because, I will need to reinstall them. Thanks Lubo

If you are doing a clean install it is considered the same as moving the licenses to a new licensing server. You will need to contact a Microsoft Licensing Clearing House to do so. The process is outlined in the link below: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730776(WS.10).aspxRob

Hi, It depends on how you configure this license server, the terminal servers attempt to contact license servers in the following order: 1. Any preferred license servers that are specified in Group Policy. 2. Any Enterprise license servers or Domain license servers that are specified in the registry. In Windows Server 2003, the relevant registry key is LicenseServers , and it is located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService\Parameters. In Windows 2000, the relevant registry key is DefaultLicenseServer, and it is located under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService\Parameters. In Windows Server 2003, you can specify multiple license servers in the registry. In Windows 2000, you can only specify one license server. 3. Enterprise license servers that are specified in Active Directory. 4. Domain license servers. Meanwhile, the Enterprise license server is automatically discovered by any terminal server that is in the same site as the license server and by default, only serves terminal servers in the same site. If you are installing a Domain license server, the computer on which you install the license server must be a domain controller for it to be automatically discovered by terminal servers that communicate with it. If you install a Domain license server on a member server, you must specify this server as a preferred license server on all terminal servers that need to communicate with it. If the computer on which you plan to install the Domain license server is in a workgroup, it can only be automatically discovered by terminal servers on the same subnet. Furthermore, please refer to the following article that describes how to migrate a Windows Server 2003 TS License Server: How to move Terminal Services CALs from one license server to another in Windows Server 2003 or in Windows 2000 Server http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=953918 Migrating a Windows Server 2003 TS License Server http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/03/06/migrating-a-windows-server-2003-license-server.aspx Thanks.

If you are doing a clean install it is considered the same as moving the licenses to a new licensing server. You will need to contact a Microsoft Licensing Clearing House to do so. The process is outlined in the link below: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730776(WS.10).aspxRob