Note: You must first take an ownership and give admins the full rights. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminal ServerRCMGracePeriod The solution is to delete the REG_BINARY in: Step 1: Connect to your RDS Server as an admin and open regedit. Note: This tip works also on Windows Server 2016 and Windows server 2019įor every admin who runs homelab or has a cloud lab, this is a must known hack. Simply log out and back in and the message changes from let’s say 54 days left to 120 days left. In fact, you do not need to reboot the server either. What we will do is simply reset the default timer which is 120 days grace time, when you first add the RDS role.
(and many other IT pros who test stuff in the lab too). However, we don’t want to do that because we have no license from Microsoft, in our lab. Normally you would need to activate the RDS/TS CAL License server and point the Server to License server with User/Device License and will resolve the problem.