Does administrator consume RD CALs?

Q: We have Windows 2016 as RD Server. Does the server assign a device CAL, when an Administrator logs in to the RD server?

A: It is by design. After the RDS environment is deployed, it will consume the CAL when each device or use remotes to terminal server. However, if you use mstsc /admin command to remote into console mode, that won’t consume CAL.

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