
Fortunately, Citrix has accounted for a license server or service disruption by providing a grace period of 30 days to allow Delivery Controllers to continue brokering new user sessions successfully even without a functioning licensing service. Seeing any error isn’t ever something you want, but this one can be relatively harmless.

Please ensure that the license server is functioning correctly and that the details identifying the license server are correct in the XenDesktop configuration.” License Server Down Error: “ The Citrix Broker Service cannot contact the license server ‘%1’. Source: Citrix Broker Service- Event ID: 1151

Using anonymized data and conversations with our thousands of customers, we ranked the Top 10 Citrix errors they experience. But there are some errors that can get in the way of that. You’ve got to make sure your Citrix Virtual Apps & Desktops (XenApp & XenDesktop if you’ve been around that long) environment is properly licensed, that your NetScalers are doing their thing, and that, no matter what, your users are able to stay productive. When it comes to managing a Citrix environment, there’s a lot to take into account.
