By default, Terminal Services servers work with license servers in their own domain, which may force them to use WAN links to find a license server.
You can force a Terminal Services server to use a specific license server, even from a different domain, as long as the domains trust each other. You can configure all Terminal Services servers in a site to use the same license server in that site.
I have scripted LicenseServer.bat to configure a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services server to use a specified license server.
The syntax for using LicenseServer.bat is:
LicenseServer ServerName
where ServerName is the computer name of the license server you want to use.
LicenseServer.bat contains:
@echo off if \{%1\}==\{\} @echo Syntax: LicenseServer ServerName&goto :EOF if not exist \\%1\c$\*.* @echo License Server %1 NOT found.&goto :EOF @echo REGEDIT4>%TEMP%\LicenseServer.reg @echo \[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TermService\Parameters\LicenseServers\%1\]>>%TEMP%\LicenseServer.reg regedit /s %TEMP%\LicenseServer.reg del /q %TEMP%\LicenseServer.reg
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