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Licensing Diagnosis: Problems and ResolutionsLicensing Diagnosis is capable of diagnosing potential problems in a typical terminal server/license server deployment. Here is the list of the potential problems along with their suggestedresolutions.ISSUES WITH DISCOVERYProblem 1: The terminal server has not discovered any license servers. If the grace period forthe terminal server has expired, connections to the terminal server will be denied unless alicense server is configured for the terminal server.Resolution 1: Configure a license server for the terminal server. If you have an existing licenseserver, use the Terminal Services Configuration tool to specify that license server for theterminal server. Otherwise, install TS Licensing on a computer on your network.If you have configured a license server for the terminal server but the license server does notappear in the list of discovered license servers, use TS Licensing Manager to review theconfiguration of the license server. TS Licensing Manager may be launched using the ‘Start TSLicensing manager' action item available in the action pane for Licensing Diagnosis tool.Problem 2: License server is not available. This could be caused by networkconnectivity problems, the Terminal Services Licensing service is stopped on the license server,or TS Licensing is no longer installed on the computer.Resolution 2: Make sure you have network connectivity between the terminal server and thelicense server. Also check that the Terminal Services Licensing service is started on the licenseserver. If TS Licensing is no longer installed on the computer, ensure that the license server isnot manually specified and/or is no longer published in Active Directory Domain Services.17 | P a g e