What will happen to the XenDesktop environment with the license server now offline?

Scenario: A company maintains a XenDesktop infrastructure with a stand-alone license server. Recently, the license server had a hardware failure and can NO longer communicate on the network.

The license server has a valid license file with a current Subscription Advantage (SA) date on it.

What will happen to the XenDesktop environment with the license server now offline?
A . Users will immediately be unable to connect to their resources.
B . The license server will enter a 30-day grace period in which all user connections will work.
C . Users will have limited connections available during a 30-day grace period.
D . The license server will enter a 90-day grace period in which all user connections will work.

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Answer: B

Explanation:

Impact of Citrix License Server Becoming Unavailable

Need to understand the impact of the Citrix license server that holds the XenMobile licenses becoming unavailable. That is how will XM respond if the configured license server cannot be contacted for an extended period of time.

Answer There is another “grace” period which kicks in once a license Server has been configured and a license detected which is not the same than the trial “grace period” which the document is referring. We keep a timestamp either on the local server or the common database when the license Service has been last available and if it becomes offline for some reason the clock starts ticking for 720 hours and this timer will reset if the license server becomes online again. So this is what would happen if the license server goes offline for some reason we would have 720 hours for amending the issue before the devices lose connectivity to the MDM server or XMS and once solved the problem the time would reset.