Licensing mode for terminal services

Hi,
This has been most likely asked here already but i just cannot find exactly what i'm looking for. OK, here's my situation:
We have a windows server 2008 cd installer. We already had it running before, but we got hit with a virus that we needed to re-install. Now, we are just getting things back to work again. However, we are encountering this message on our server.
"The licensing mode for the terminal server is not configured"
When i tried to configure the licensing, it's asking for the license code. But i'm not sure where to find the license code? is it in the CD installer?
Actually, i was not the one who installed the windows server before; i just took over when the server got hit with a virus.
Also, i'm not very sure if we really need the TS CALs. Our server has multiple users from different countries, and we access the server through remote desktop access.
Hope you can help us with this issue.
Thank you, i appreciate it.
Best,
Vanessa

Hi,
I forgot to inform that license server has actually been activated already. So i assumed we just need to configure the licensing mode. And so, from Terminal Services Configuration, i clicked "terminal services licensing mode" and i set it to "Per User". Now
the message "Licensing mode still not configured.." is now gone when i logged in to server. However, i get this warning on Terminal Services Configuration window:
"Terminal server is in Per User licensing mode, but license server does not have any Windows Server 2008 Per User TS CALs installed."
And when i checked from the TS Licensing Manager, and selected the server name, the details are:
TS CAL Version and type: Windows 2000 Server - Built-in TS Per Device CALs
License Program: Built-in
Total TS CALs: Unlimited
Available: Unlimited
Issued: 0
What does this mean? Should we set the TS licensing mode to Per Device instead of Per User?
Thank you.
Regards,
Vanessa

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