"Remote Desktop Services" is a component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer. It allows its users to run applications on a remote server, sending only mouse/keyboard input and screen updates across the network. In previous versions of Windows Server it was known as "Terminal Services".
Questions tagged [remote-desktop-services]
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Nagios Terminal Services check?
Most of our servers are licensed for 2 concurrent remote desktop sessions. This is fine, so long as everyone does their administrative task and logs off, but some people accidentally close sessions (disconnect but remain logged in) instead.
I know…
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Security VPN vs RDP
I was wondering which is more secure RPD or VPN I realize RDP over VPN is the most secure. I was just wondering what security issues there is with just RDPing from home to a workstation at work is and if I should always use our VPN to do so? Thank…
Joshua Cooper
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Remote Desktop stuck at Loading Virtual Machine
We have a Terminal Services environment with following configuration
Server A - RD Gateway + Connection Broker
Server 1 to 20 - RD Session Host
We have 7 collections and session hosts servers are assigned to different collections based on…
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Network Policy Server rule does not match users from trusted domain when in a nested group
TL;DR: Just look at the image linked below.
User group membership diagram
We have an RD Gateway and Network Policy Server, both running on Windows Server 2012 R2 in an environment with forest functional level 2008 R2. A new two-way forest trust was…
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Should Remote Desktop use a dedicated certificate template?
Practically all instructions on enabling certificates for Remote Desktop server authentication (and configuring auto-enrollment through Group Policy) say that you should create a new certificate template (named "RemoteDesktopComputer" or similar),…
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Force RD gateway communication on specific NIC
We have configured a RD Gateway server (with Web Access on same machine) with two network cards. The server is working fine, however the "connect" of an application is taking a long time. Upon investigation via Wireshark it turns out that the RD…
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Remote Desktop Services continually stops on Windows Server 2016 VM
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We have a Windows Server 2016 Virtual Machine running in Hyper-V and is used as our internet desktop (as our normal desktops run on Server 2012R2 and do not connect to the internet.
We normally have an average of ~100 people logged onto…
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Setting up Remote Desktop Web Client on Windows Server 2016 (without a domain)
The ultimate goal is to be able to visit https://example.com/RDWeb/webclient/index.html and be able to do a full Remote Desktop session in the browser.
My environment consists of a single Windows Server 2016 machine that I have administrative access…
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How drastically affect latency to the user experience in RDS?
I'm about to implement RDS (Remote Desktop Services Server using Windows Server 2016). Users will use an accountability software, no browser or any other app. I'm considering to put it as a remote app to make the user experience less complicated so…
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windows server 2019 remote desktop
Hi Win Server OS experts,
I'm trying to set up our Win Server 2019 system for a Remote Desktop Licensing server. We purchased the Remote Desktop per Device CALs and we are trying to make the CALs work. The RD licensing manager looks like it's…
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Win Server 2019 RDS HTML 5 web client not working behind nginx web proxy
Our environment requires that our Windows Server 2019 RDS Gateway (with the HTML 5 web client installed on it) be behind an nginx web proxy. The website portion of things work fine, but the connection drops when trying to connect the RDS terminal…
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Do expired certificates in a Remote Desktop Deployment matter?
In Server Manager > Remote Desktop Services > Overview > Edit Deployment Properties, all of our RD certificates are Trusted but Expired. I would expect there to be a warning of some sort when connecting, but we have found this not to be the case. …
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Difference between .rdp file settings "alternate full address" and "full address"
When saving the connection info in mstsc to a .rdp file the configured remote computer name will appear like this:
full address:s:rds.contoso.com
However, when downloading .rdp files from RD Web Access, the files will have the target host name…
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The optimal setup for Remote Desktop Access for Windows Server with MS office for multiply users
I need to setup Remote Desktop Access for multiply users (up to 10 users) with MS Office accessible for all users.
I already have:
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Licence (1 License)
Microsoft Win Rmt Dskt Svcs CAL 2008 (10 Licenses)
Microsoft…
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Cannot Install Remote Desktop Services dismapi_error__failed_to_enable_updates rds-web-access
I am having trouble installing Remote Desktop Services after upgrading from Server 2012 to Server 2019. I had Remote Desktop Services installed on 2012, but the rds-web-access role was not functioning. I tried to remove all remote desktop roles and…
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