Demoting old 2003 DC that is acting as a Terminal Services licensing server
Hello,I am demoting an old 2003 DC back to a member server. I was wondering if there could be any issues with TS licensing after it becomes a member server. I plan to leave the server on for a while...
View ArticleRestrict clients to only use one application on 2012 RDP server
Hi, we are replacing our old windows 2003 rdp server with a 2012 one and i cannot remember how i restricted users on the 2003 to only see and use remote desktop connection.i need to duplicate this on...
View ArticleRDP via Hostname Fine, Via IP Slow..
Hello, On a Dell Server running 2012 R2 within a Domain if I RDP to it via IP address the session will login normal but it is very slow. We have to RDP to the server by IP address in the initial...
View ArticleRemoteFX with Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise Guest
We're running Windows 2012 R2 as the server OS (with Nvidia GRID K1 cards) and have a Windows 10 guest OS in a Hyper-V VDI (Gen 1) but we're currently running into an issue with drivers for RemoteFX:...
View ArticleIE getting resized when remote VM is disconnected using tscon %sessionname%...
IE getting resized when remote VM is disconnected using tscon %sessionname% /dest:console
View Article2012 RDS and publishing full desktop and lockdown
Hi.I have a lot of customers that today run thinclients against 2008/2008R2 RDS and full desktop, not remoteapps. I'm working on a proof of concept for the 2012 RDS. I have made a Farm with one RCB and...
View Articledifference between session 0 and console session
The servers (2003 as well as 2008) are set up in VMware environment. At the time of connection to the remote server through vSphere Client - what is the type of session? On the vSphere client, the...
View ArticleRemoteFX with Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise Guest
We're running Windows 2012 R2 as the server OS (with Nvidia GRID K1 cards) and have a Windows 10 guest OS in a Hyper-V VDI (Gen 1) but we're currently running into an issue with drivers for RemoteFX:...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Redirected Printer documents keep spooling whenever an RDP...
As soon as an RDP connection is made the spooler starts getting bogus jobs called "Remote Desktop Redirected Printer.doc"I say bogus because they don't print anything.. they simply show up on the...
View ArticleServer SAN certificate for RDS Farm
I am trying to create a SAN certificate for an RDS farm and after hours am getting nowhere. I have learned how to apply a certificate for RDS Session Hosts but in the case of the farm, I can't seem to...
View ArticleRemoteApp session sent to wrong collection
I have a 2012 R2 RemoteApp environment with the following servers:Server1 - Session host, internal web gateway, connection broker (HA configured)Server2 - Session host, internal web gateway, connection...
View ArticleNot able to create folder on mapped local drive through RDP
Hi,This behaviour is only visible in Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2. Everything works fine for older operating systems.When you open RDP session to above server/client and open a redirected local...
View ArticleRDC Manager v2.7 (Not Responding)
I have a Win7 Pro running RDCMan v2.7 to connect to a few Win Server 2008 R2.I have used this version for awhile but recently there are instances that it would not respond. I get "Not Responding"...
View Article2008 R2 RDS File Association Problems
I've tried multiple methods of associating .tif files with either Microsoft Office Document Imaging or a custom program created by a insurance software vendor we use. Neither will work. I've tried...
View ArticleStrange certificate when trying to connect via a RD Gateway
Hello,I just configured a RD Gateway on a SBS 2011 server. The self-signed certificate contain the name of the server and the external IP address. This certificate works fine for Outlook Anywhere, and...
View ArticleCertificate issues with terminal services
I keep getting the annoying warning below when trying to connect to our terminal servers.Scenario:We have two TSs; TS1 and TS2.TS1 is the gateway.I have a GPO where I (think) push the certificate...
View Article"Remote Desktop cannot verify that this server belongs to the same farm" for...
I have four servers participating in a RDS farm. One server acts as the web and Connection Broker and the other three are Session Hosts. All servers are Windows 2012 R2. The workstation is one of our...
View ArticleHow to properly disable User Profile Disks
I have a customer that is currently using User Profile Disks in their Windows 2012 R2 RDS environment. They would like to eliminate the use of UPD's entirely and go back to the use of standard...
View ArticleRDS2012R2: 'A Remote Desktop Services deployment does not exist' when using...
When using PowerShell remoting from a client system that's not a member of the domain, I get the following error message:Get-RDSessionCollection : A Remote Desktop Services deployment does not exist on...
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