Do RDS CALs Have a Tombstone Life?

Is a 2008 R2 RDS CAL an actual AD object? This question is penultimate to: do the tombstone policies of AD objects apply to RDS CALs?

Hi,
Permanent RDS Per Device CALs expire between 52 to 89 (exact number is random) days after issuance, temporary RDS Per Device CALs expire in 90 days, and Per User RDS CALs expire after 60 days.
You may open RD Licensing Manager (licmgr.exe) to see what Per Device RDS CALs have been issued, when they expire, etc.  For Per User RDS CALs you must first create a Per User usage report, then right-click on this report, save it as csv file,
and then view the csv in Notepad, Excel, etc.
-TP

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    use the 2012 RDL server.  The 2012 RD Licensing server will automatically issue the CALs as 2008. -
    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6046ded1-96bf-4d79-89ce-38aac2a6694e/can-we-use-windows-server-2012-rds-cal-license-in-rds-2008-r2-server?forum=winserverTS
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    – “this should go away after a while”
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