My goal is to allow a single standalone 2012 R2 system RDP access from more than 2 users simultaneously, in an environment that doesn't have any other existing servers at all (very small office/business). Remote users simply need access to the system for utilizing a finance application when they aren't on location with access to shared files.
User accounts are all local accounts - no Active Directory role installed/configured as of now (I attempted configuring a domain, but abandoned it when the system encountered a BSOD after every reboot as soon as the role had been installed - didn't have the necessary time to troubleshoot).
I've installed the terminal services license server role, activated the license server, installed a terminal services per-user license key.
Since there's no domain, the normal management tools don't function, and I have to configure things from the registry.
I set the remote desktop licensing mode by changing the value of this key (set from regedit):
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\RCM\Licensing Core > LicencingMode = 4
Also tried to configure the system to point to itself as the specified license server based on a comment from this TechNet article:
reg add "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\TermService\Parameters\LicenseServers" /v SpecifiedLicenseServers /t REG_MULTI_SZ /d "192.168.1.50" /f
However, it doesn't appear that remote connections pull from the activated license just yet, and I'm still limited to 2 logins. I'm not very familiar with this process, but I believe all the steps listed for configuring the license server and RD session host server are completed here...
Is there something I've missed? Or is this even possible? If I absolutely must use a domain, it wouldn't be too much trouble to install the HyperV role (since best practices are clearly already being thrown aside), and configure a VM a the DC, and perhaps another as the license server if need be.
I appreciate any help or guidance that can be provided!