Windows Server 2012 RDS CALS on Windows Server 2008 R2 Licensing Server

Hi,
at the moment we are installing the first couple of Windows Server 2012 in our infrastructure.
Some of them have installed RDS.
Now we are wondering whether it is possible to use our existing Windows Server 2008 R2 licensing server for serving the licenses we have (yes we to have new Windows Server 2012 RDS CALS) or whether we have to install a new host based on Windows Server 2012.
We tried to add the new license to the 2008 R2 licensing server, but it is not possible. The licensing manager's error message: "The license code contains invalid characters or not enough characters."
Is there any other way?
Thanks and regards
Matthias

Hi matt_will_fix_it,
How about Windows 2012 R2 ?
Will a Windows 2012 RD Licensing server provide licences to a Windows 2012 R2 server?
I have not tested it, but it should work. Server 2012 R2 requires the same RDS CAL version as Server 2012. If you try it and have an issue please reply back.
-TP

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Exit code (Decimal):           -2068051679
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Machine name:                  IDEA-PC
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SQL Server 2008 R2   MSSQLSERVER          MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER         Database Engine Services
1033                 Developer Edition    10.50.1600.1    No
SQL Server 2008 R2   MSSQLSERVER          MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER         SQL Server Replication
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SQL Server 2008 R2   MSSQLSERVER          MSSQL10_50.MSSQLSERVER         Full-Text and Semantic Extractions for Search 1033
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SQL Server 2008 R2
Management Tools - Basic                 1033                 Developer Edition
10.50.1600.1    No
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Management Tools - Complete              1033                 Developer Edition    10.50.1600.1
No
SQL Server 2008 R2
Client Tools Connectivity                1033                 Developer Edition    10.50.1600.1
No
SQL Server 2008 R2
Client Tools Backwards Compatibility     1033                 Developer Edition    10.50.1600.1    No
SQL Server 2008 R2
Client Tools SDK                         1033
Developer Edition    10.50.1600.1    No
SQL Server 2008 R2
Integration Services                     1033                 Developer Edition
10.50.1600.1    No
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Description:                   Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1
ProductName:                   SQL Server 2012
Type:                          RTM
Version:                       11
SPLevel:                       0
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Installation edition:          Express
Product Update Status:
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User Input Settings:
ACTION:                        Install
ADDCURRENTUSERASSQLADMIN:      true
AGTSVCACCOUNT:                 NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
AGTSVCPASSWORD:                *****
AGTSVCSTARTUPTYPE:             Disabled
ASBACKUPDIR:                   Backup
ASCOLLATION:                   Latin1_General_CI_AS
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ASDATADIR:                     Data
ASLOGDIR:                      Log
ASPROVIDERMSOLAP:              1
ASSERVERMODE:                  MULTIDIMENSIONAL
ASSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>
ASSVCPASSWORD:                 <empty>
ASSVCSTARTUPTYPE:              Automatic
ASSYSADMINACCOUNTS:            <empty>
ASTEMPDIR:                     Temp
BROWSERSVCSTARTUPTYPE:         Disabled
CLTCTLRNAME:                   <empty>
CLTRESULTDIR:                  <empty>
CLTSTARTUPTYPE:                0
CLTSVCACCOUNT:                 <empty>
CLTSVCPASSWORD:                <empty>
CLTWORKINGDIR:                 <empty>
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COMMFABRICNETWORKLEVEL:        0
COMMFABRICPORT:                0
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CTLRSVCACCOUNT:                <empty>
CTLRSVCPASSWORD:               <empty>
CTLRUSERS:                     <empty>
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ERRORREPORTING:                false
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FTSVCACCOUNT:                  <empty>
FTSVCPASSWORD:                 <empty>
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INSTANCEDIR:                   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
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MATRIXCMBRICKCOMMPORT:         0
MATRIXCMSERVERNAME:            <empty>
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NPENABLED:                     0
PID:                           *****
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SQLUSERDBDIR:                  <empty>
SQLUSERDBLOGDIR:               <empty>
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