RD Connection Broker
Trying to understand MS RDS Session Host and VDI architecture. Simple question, it seems that the Connection Broker is tied to either a Session Host environment or VDI environment. So if I wanted to...
View ArticleBasics of RD licensing count, windows server 2012, 10 unused licenses, 13...
I have a server that showed these counts in the RD Licensing Manager list (ignoring windows 2000 entry):Windows Server 2012 - Installed RDS per User CAL Program: Open Total Licenses: 5 Available: 0...
View ArticleUser Profile Disks with Windows Search
We have 2 RDS Servers (2012R2) and work With User Profile DisksWe use outlook cached mode (Outlook 2013 SP1) because the link to our head office is to slowThe problem is that the outlook search isn't...
View ArticleVdi pooled collection - VM ask to restart every time I log in
Hello everybody,I started to create a test lab for vdi environment. I installed a physical machine with hyper-v 2012 (with the role of RD Virtual Host) and a Windows Server 2012 R2 (with the role of RD...
View ArticleUser prompted for elevation on secure desktop through Windows Remote...
First here is some background information, hopefully someone can help me understand what is going on that the elevation prompt is still appearing. This may get confusing and sound ridiculous, but bear...
View ArticleRemoteFX event log
Hi all,we have a server 2012 R2, and created a VM of win7(enable remotefx) with rdp8.0 and rdp8.1 udpates.when we connect to win7, we see the button of Shut down with Start menu, and the aero flip 3D...
View ArticleSmartcard authentication fails using third-party DNS
I'm configuring smartcard logon via RDP on domain controllers and have everything working from inside the network but as soon as I try from a VPN connection it fails with the NLA error“The remote...
View ArticleServer 2016 TP5 in RDS 2012r2 env.?
Hello. We have RDS 2012r2 enviroment with profile disks, and i was wondering, can we then create a new collection for one 2016 Technical Preview 5 server (RD Session host)? This is for testing purposes...
View ArticleReplace 2003 Terminal Server with 2012 RDS and keep same name, Can I rename...
I want to replace a production 2003 File Server that also has 15 Terminal Thin clients, with a 2012 RDS server. And I need to keep the same name so that hundreds of devices and shortcuts still function...
View ArticleInstall Google Chrome on Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server 32 bit
Hello Everyone,I'm looking for a proper way (step by step) to install Google Chrome on the Windows Server 32 Bit Terminal Server. So the users they can use it as a browser.I tried few online guide, but...
View ArticleMigrating roaming user profile to UPD
Hello guysIs here any how to- s or tutorials migrating User settings from Profile Path to UPD. Currently all our users using Profile Path (Roaming Profile).Now we migrated to Windows Server 2012 R2....
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 + NComputing Server
I am considering creating the following setupA Windows 2012 R2 x64 serverThe NComputing vSpace server + the MS Office Suite (standard) + some custom sofwareBeing accessed by up to 40 users working...
View ArticleTS 2012 RDP with users computer pre-populated
I'm deploying a Server 2012 R2 RDS Collection and am looking to see if I can customize users profiles so when they login via RDS, they have the RDP icon published pre-loaded with their specific...
View ArticleBootable USB/DVD client with 2012R2 RDS Gateway
Server 2012R2 RDS Farm using an RDS Gateway.I'd like to find a way to build a bootable USB/DVD image that'll automatically connect to our RDS Gateway. I'd like it to boot into whatever the OS is then...
View ArticleUser Profile Disks with Server 2008 R2
I know Server 2012 added User Profile Disks for Remote Desktop Services. Does anyone know of a way of making them work with Server 2008 R2? Or a similar solution that can be applied to 2008 R2?...
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RDS 2012: remoteapp locks
Hi,How can I prevent a remoteapp on RDS 2012 to lock? Tried allmost every setting I found but no setting works. This is my GPO:Please advise. J.Jan Hoedt
View ArticleStart RDS 2012 session with specific user command line (powershell)
Hi,I need to debug with different users on RDS 2012 farm. Therefore I need to start with different users all the time the session. Tried to do this with Start-Process 'c:\windows\temp\rdpfile.rdp'....
View ArticleGeneral questions regarding Desktop Services
Hi,We are looking at implementing some RDS servers, but we need to control access based on IP.Let my try to explain :)For example user1 and user2 is from companyA, user3 and user4 from companyB. The...
View ArticleDeployed printers wont stay set as default
Using RDS 2012 R2 server, we are deploying 4 or so printers via group policy.When a user sets them to default printer and logs off, when they log back on the default has changed to another non mapped...
View ArticleMicrosft is asking for 'Microsoft Open License Purchase Order...
HiWe have recently replaced an old Win2003 Terminal Server machine with a new Win2008 server. The old Win2003 Terminal Server has 2TSCAL. We activated the new Win2008 Terminal server and installed the...
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