windows server 2012 remote desktop licensing

Specify the Remote Desktop Licensing Mode on an RD Session Host Server I’ve always been reluctant to install additional components on Citrix servers so get around this issue, I use an Active Directory Group Policy to configure these settings as shown in the following TechNet article: The only way to get a graphical user interface to configure the licensing server is to actually install the Remote Desktop Connection Broker: … does not include any graphical consoles: … but Windows Server 2012’s Remote Desktop Session Host: Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn’t have this problem because is a Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration console is included during the install of the RDS services: On the RD Connection Broker server, use Server Manager to specify the Remote Desktop licensing mode and the license server. Remote Desktop Services will stop working in xx days. Remote Desktop licensing mode is not configured.

I’ve been asked several times since XenDesktop 7 was released when Windows Server 2012 R1 and R2 were supported operating systems about how can a Remote Desktop Services License server be defined from a application server with a Windows Server 2012 R1 or R2 as the base OS:

Windows server 2012 remote desktop licensing