Windows essentials and RDS

Hi there
Could anyone give and advise regarding licensing?
Here's my escenario:
Puchased a phisycal server with VMWARE ESXI 5.5
1 Windows 2012 STD license
1 Windows 2012 essentials license
40 remote users accesing RDS in Load Balance
My goal:
Use the 2 Windows 2012 STD servers for RDS
Use the Windows Essentials as Active Directory domain controller..
My questions:
1.-Microsoft says it is legal to have 2 OS or instances with the same license on Hyper-V..Does this also apply for VMWARE?
2.- Essentials only supports 25 users, as i will have 40 users authenticating with the AD..will this affect to the users accesing the RDS services on the 2 servers running Windows 2012 STD? Would i require more than 25 CALS for the AD to support my 40 users
in the RDS?
3.- Remote Services CALS..As i'm trying to have 2 servers in Load Balance..Who controls the count of CALS in both servers? Should i need to purchase 20 for each one? or 40?
Any help is appreciated.
FG
Nacho

Hi Nacho,
Regarding the licensing query, you may need to refer to Microsoft Licensing support to get more professional help:
Microsoft Volume Licensing Activation Centers Worldwide Telephone Numbers
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/existing-customers/activation-centers.aspx
Locate the Microsoft Clearinghouse Telephone Number for Your Country or Region
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754874.aspx
In addition, here is a blog below might be useful to you:
Licensing How To: When do I need a Client Access License (CAL)?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/volume-licensing/archive/2014/03/10/licensing-how-to-when-do-i-need-a-client-access-license-cal.aspx
Best Regards,
Amy
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However, what I get in the event logs of the new 2008 R2 licensing server an event with event ID 21 that says:
The Remote Desktop license server "ServerName" does not have any remaining permanent Remote Desktop Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) of the type "Windows Server 2003 - TS Per Device CAL". As a result, the Remote Desktop license server cannot issue
RDS CALs of the type "Windows Server 2003 - TS Per Device CAL" to the Remote Desktop Session Host server "vvv.xxx.yyy.zzz". To resolve this problem, verify that the Remote Desktop licensing mode configured on the RD Session Host server matches the type of
RDS CALs installed on the Remote Desktop license server. If required, purchase and install additional RDS CALs as needed for this Remote Desktop license server.
(Note I have removed the server name and IP address due to company policy.) I have confirmed that every server in my Citrix farm has its terminal services configuration set for "per device" licensing and I have also specified the name of the 2008
R2 server rather than allow the servers to automatically find the licensing server. I have confirmed that my 2008 R2 server is configured for "per device" licensing.
The IP addresses I have seen in the event log messages are the IP addresses of a Citrix server rather than one of the thin-clients, and so far every Citrix server we have has appeared in one of these event log messages. I have been able
to determine that this event does not occur when a thin-client is connecting up nor does this event occur when I remotely log into the server.
As I noted above we only have 15 thin-clients using the 85 licenses so we have 70 available licenses for the Citrix servers so why are we out of licenses? What is this message trying to tell me?
Thanks
Brent

Hi Bent,
According the Event ID 21, I think you might have the license connection issues with RDS CALs. I suggest you analyze some relative services and
make sure your network without any misconfiguration.
Hopefully, there is an article describes how to troubleshoot this license issue on the terminal server.
Event ID 21 — Terminal Services Client Access License (TS CAL)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/A98D84AC-B824-4F00-BF58-3CFF23493BF9.aspx
By the way, the license of Windows Server 2003 does not support to assign CAL to allow user to access the Windows Server 2008. You should buy a
new Windows Server 2008 license to meet the requirement above if necessary.
Hope this helps.

Windows essentials and RDS

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