RDS Licensing Server in a Mixed Windows Server Version Environment

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Q: (from Beth)

I have a customer who has a 2008 R2 server as his DC and licensing server. He has a 2012 RDS Server as a member server. He obviously needs 2012 CALs, but he wants to make sure that the 2008 licensing server will read and distribute those 2012 CALs properly.

A:

A Bing search using "windows server" 2008 2012 "licensing server" revealed the answer is “no”:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/bdc984c7-504f-452a-8026-9e9a1c1c0d7c/windows-server-2012-rds-cals-on-windows-server-2008-r2-licensing-server

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