Revoke a user's Client Access License for a product

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To revoke a user's Client Access License for a product

  1. Open Licensing.

  2. Click the Products View tab.

  3. Right-click the product, and then click Properties.

  4. On the Clients tab, click the user.

  5. Click Revoke, and then click Yes.

Notes

  • To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure.

  • To open Licensing, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Licensing.

  • Revoking a license returns it to the pool of available Per Device or Per User licenses for the server product.

  • You might want to revoke a user's license if the usage statistics show that the user does not access the product often enough to warrant retaining the Client Access License.

Information about functional differences

  • Your server might function differently based on the version and edition of the operating system that is installed, your account permissions, and your menu settings. For more information, see Viewing Help on the Web.

See Also

Concepts

Delete Per Device or Per User client access licenses
Add Per Device or Per User client access licenses
Delete a user from a license
Tracking user licenses for multiple sites