AWS license-manager documentation change
Summary
Updated documentation for user-based subscriptions in License Manager, adding details about automatic subscription handling and billing for RDS SAL licenses
Security assessment
The changes focus on subscription management and billing processes, with no mention of security vulnerabilities or security-related features.
Diff
diff --git a/license-manager/latest/userguide/user-based-subscriptions-getting-started.md index 5e0d5d10c..eeae35f59 100644 --- a/license-manager/latest/userguide/user-based-subscriptions-getting-started.md +++ b/license-manager/latest/userguide/user-based-subscriptions-getting-started.md @@ -218 +218,5 @@ To launch an instance with user-based subscriptions, see [Launch an instance fro -Once you have subscribed to the required product’s AWS Marketplace AMI, you can subscribe users to a product and associate them to an instance providing the product. You can subscribe users to products and associate them with an instance in a single step, or separately. When you subscribe a user, the directory is checked to ensure that the user identity is present. One subscription will be created for each user you subscribe to the product. +Once you have subscribed to the required product’s AWS Marketplace AMI, you can subscribe users to a product and associate them to an instance that provides the product. You can subscribe users to products and associate them with an instance in a single step, or separately. When you subscribe a user, the directory is checked to ensure that the user identity is present. One subscription is created for each user you subscribe to the product. + +Each user must have a subscription to both Windows Server Remote Desktop Services Subscriber Access License (RDS SAL) and the product they will use. + +When your account has subscribed to RDS SAL as detailed in Step 1: Subscribe to a product, License Manager automatically subscribes the users in your Active Directory to RDS SAL when they subscribe to a user-based subscription product. @@ -222 +226,5 @@ Once you have subscribed to the required product’s AWS Marketplace AMI, you ca -Each user must have a subscription to both Windows Server Remote Desktop Services Subscriber Access License (RDS SAL) and the product they will use. When your account has subscribed to RDS SAL as detailed in Step 1: Subscribe to a product, your user will be subscribed to RDS SAL on their behalf when they subscribe to a user-based subscription product. +If a user who has never subscribed logs into an instance that is associated with RDS SAL, License Manager automatically subscribes them and begins Microsoft RDS billing. Billing continues until they are unsubscribed and their license token that was issued by the RDS SAL license server expires. + +Similarly, if a previously subscribed user unsubscribes, but continues to log in after their RDS SAL license token expires, they are automatically re-subscribed, and billing continues until they are again unsubscribed and their token expires. + +For more information about subscription charges and billing, see [Subscription charges in License Manager](./usubs-manage-users.html#usubs-subscription-charges). @@ -224 +232 @@ Each user must have a subscription to both Windows Server Remote Desktop Service -The **Products** page in License Manager will display active subscriptions by listing their **Marketplace subscription status** as **Active**. In the product’s details page, License Manager will display active user subscriptions with a **Status** of **Subscribed**. +The **Products** page in License Manager displays active subscriptions by listing their **Marketplace subscription status** as **Active**. In the product details page, License Manager displays active user subscriptions with a **Status** of **Subscribed**. @@ -228 +236 @@ The **Products** page in License Manager will display active subscriptions by li -If your Active Directory is not configured with the product, a notification bar will appear at the top of the console advising you to adjust the directory’s settings. On the notification bar, choose **Open settings** to access the **Settings** page in License Manager and edit your directory. +If your Active Directory is not configured with the product, a notification bar appears at the top of the console advising you to adjust the directory settings. On the notification bar, choose **Open settings** to access the **Settings** page in License Manager and edit your directory.