Remote Desktop Licensing
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Remote Desktop Licensing is the Windows Server role service that manages and issues client access licenses (CALs) required for users or devices to connect to Remote Desktop Services.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Remote Desktop Licensing canonical | 4 |
| RD Licensing Manager role service | 1 |
| Remote Desktop Licensing Manager | 1 |
| Terminal Services Licensing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8289018 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remote Desktop Licensing Context triple: [Remote Desktop Services, component, Remote Desktop Licensing]
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A.
Remote Desktop Services
Remote Desktop Services is a Microsoft Windows server role that enables users to remotely access and run applications or full desktops hosted on a central server.
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B.
Remote Desktop Connection
Remote Desktop Connection is a built-in Windows client application that lets users remotely access and control another computer over a network using the Remote Desktop Protocol.
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C.
Remote Desktop Protocol
Remote Desktop Protocol is a Microsoft-developed network communication standard that enables users to remotely access and control Windows-based computers with a graphical interface over a network.
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D.
Remote Desktop Web Client
Remote Desktop Web Client is a browser-based interface that lets users access and control remote Windows desktops and applications without installing a dedicated client.
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E.
Windows Terminal Services
Windows Terminal Services is a Microsoft Windows component that enables multiple users to remotely access and run applications or full desktops on a centralized server.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remote Desktop Licensing Target entity description: Remote Desktop Licensing is the Windows Server role service that manages and issues client access licenses (CALs) required for users or devices to connect to Remote Desktop Services.
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A.
Remote Desktop Services
Remote Desktop Services is a Microsoft Windows server role that enables users to remotely access and run applications or full desktops hosted on a central server.
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B.
Remote Desktop Connection
Remote Desktop Connection is a built-in Windows client application that lets users remotely access and control another computer over a network using the Remote Desktop Protocol.
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C.
Remote Desktop Protocol
Remote Desktop Protocol is a Microsoft-developed network communication standard that enables users to remotely access and control Windows-based computers with a graphical interface over a network.
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D.
Remote Desktop Web Client
Remote Desktop Web Client is a browser-based interface that lets users access and control remote Windows desktops and applications without installing a dedicated client.
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E.
Windows Terminal Services
Windows Terminal Services is a Microsoft Windows component that enables multiple users to remotely access and run applications or full desktops on a centralized server.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Windows Server role service ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
RD Licensing
ⓘ
RD Licensing Manager role service ⓘ
linked to:
Remote Desktop Licensing
|
| activationMethod |
Automatic connection
ⓘ
Telephone ⓘ Web browser ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Remote Desktop Services ⓘ |
| canBeInstalledOn |
same server as RD Session Host
ⓘ
separate license server ⓘ |
| canHost | multiple RDS CAL versions ⓘ |
| communicatesWith |
Microsoft activation servers
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft
|
| configuredWith |
Remote Desktop Licensing Manager
ⓘ
linked to:
Remote Desktop Licensing
|
| discoveryScope |
Domain
ⓘ
Forest ⓘ Workgroup ⓘ |
| enforces | RDS licensing mode ⓘ |
| gracePeriodLength | 120 days ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Windows Server 2008 ⓘ |
| isDiscoveredBy | RD Session Host servers ⓘ |
| isManagedWith | licensing diagnosis tools ⓘ |
| isRequiredFor | legal use of Remote Desktop Services beyond grace period ⓘ |
| issues |
Remote Desktop Services client access licenses
ⓘ
linked to:
Server and Client Access License
|
| licenseProgram |
Enterprise Agreement
ⓘ
Open License ⓘ Select Plus ⓘ Service Provider License Agreement ⓘ |
| logs | licensing events in Event Viewer ⓘ |
| manages | Remote Desktop Services client access licenses ⓘ |
| previousName |
Terminal Services Licensing
ⓘ
linked to:
Remote Desktop Licensing
|
| requires |
Remote Desktop Services client access licenses
ⓘ
linked to:
Server and Client Access License
license server activation ⓘ |
| runsOn | Windows Server ⓘ |
| stores | RDS CAL database ⓘ |
| supportsLicenseType |
Per Device RDS CALs
ⓘ
Per User RDS CALs ⓘ |
| supportsLicensingMode |
Per Device
ⓘ
Per User ⓘ |
| supportsVersion |
Windows Server 2008 R2
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2012 ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server
Windows Server 2012 R2 ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server
Windows Server 2016 ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server
Windows Server 2019 ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server
Windows Server 2022 ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Server
|
| tracks | RDS CAL usage ⓘ |
| validates | RDS CAL availability ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Remote Desktop Licensing Description of subject: Remote Desktop Licensing is the Windows Server role service that manages and issues client access licenses (CALs) required for users or devices to connect to Remote Desktop Services.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Remote Desktop Licensing
linked to: Remote Desktop Licensing
linked to: Remote Desktop Licensing