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Event ID 50285: The certificate issued by the Remote Desktop license server to the Remote Desktop Session Host server is not valid

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The certificate issued by the Remote Desktop license server to the Remote Desktop Session Host server is not valid.

Event 50285
TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager
TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager/Operational log
Warning
Message and fields (as Event Viewer shows them)
The certificate issued by the Remote Desktop license server to the Remote Desktop Session Host server is not valid. The license server will not issue Remote Desktop Services client access licenses to clients connecting to the Remote Desktop Session Host server. To resolve this issue, delete the certificate on the Remote Desktop Session Host server and then restart the Remote Desktop Services service.