We have a Windows 2008 R2 server running ONLY the RDS Licensing server role to provide user-based CAL's to users hitting (2) Windows 2003 TS servers. We need to decommission the Windows 2003 environment and roll to a Windows 2012 R2 RDS environment complete with the Licensing role running on one of the servers. We have an Enterprise agreement with MS so we are entitled to Windows 2012 CAL's. One of our Windows 2012 R2 servers in our new RDS environment is running the Licensing service and is in grace period now, but we are down to a week left. My question is the correct order on migrating to the new 2012 RDS Licensing server is as follows:
- Activate the Windows 2012 R2 server
- Add Cal's based on our MS EA agreement number
- If all goes well go back to old windows 2008 License server and deactivate it.
- if we want access to the old windows 2003 TS for a period after we cutover from them point them to the new windows 2012 Licensing server
Any thing we miss?
Thanks