"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".
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Automating full Remote Desktop Session Deployment using powershell
I am attempting to automate a full Remote Desktop Session deployment but running into a problem adding the gateway via powershell. I can add each server with the exception of the gateway. Which produces the error:
Unable to create a Remote Desktop…
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Single User Can't Access RDP by DNS, only by IP
I have three domain controllers, dc01.ad.exmaple.com (10.83.78.10), dc02.ad.example.com (10.23.20.15) and dc03.ad.example.com (10.24.20.15). They are all in the standard Domain Controllers OU.
dc01 is a physical machine running Windows Server 2019.…
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Duplicate Desktop Icons for single user over Remote Desktop Session
We have an RDS environment for our customers where they RDP into their server and their AppData is stored in a remote profile disk (VHDX), their user home is a redirected folder also stored in a remote location. Some customers have more than 1 RDS…
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User profile disks getting slower and slower causing crashes
since this morning I'm encountering wacky problems on my terminal server. I use user profile disks and they are getting slower and slower the longer the user session is. After 30 minutes it is so slow that apps like outlook, explorer and others…
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When do changes to the group policy take affect for remote desktop idle times?
I was setting up idle time settings for remote desktop services since I have users that are leaving themselves logged in at night with programs open.
This is a Windows 2019 Standard server with remote desktop services installed. We have clients…
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Remote Desktop 2019: new MSRDC Webfeed URL -> no workspace found // Browser or old MSTSC -> Workspace found?
I have kind of a strange issue related to Microsoft Remote Desktop Services running on Server 2019.
**My Setup:** 4 Session Host, 1 Server for RD Gateway, RD Licensing, RD WebAccess, RD Broker
When I call the RD Url:…
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In place RDS upgrade
I'm looking for a solution to upgrade RDS farm with 2 brokers servers from windows 2016 to 2019.
I read the online documentation by Microsoft for upgrading RDS and I get an error when I do the upgrade for one of the two broker servers.
Once one of…
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Server 2012R2 Remote Desktop all non-admin users are logged off immediately without getting to desktop
I have Windows Server 2012R2 virtual servers connected to an Active Directory domain. The servers accept both domain user/pass and domain Smart Card logins. All administrative accounts/users can log in and get to the desktop without issues. However,…
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RDS RemoteApp File Type Association UI is Blank
I am setting up an RDS deployment that shares RemoteApps to replace one shared session host that offered all apps.
There is a single rds gateway and then a couple of session hosts that offer different apps.
The problem is that some of the apps do…
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Log into local Windows 2019 Remote Desktop Server with Azure AD account?
Is there a way to use Azure AD accounts to log into a Windows 2019 Remote Desktop Server? (not hosted in an Azure cloud VM)
The idea is to have the user's primary account be the Azure AD account. This would allow them to change passwords online if…
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How to see the user’s RD session?
How can I as an administrator perform “shadowing” of a user in a Remote Desktop Services environment?
My scenario is the following:
The user will log on to the RDS system and get a remote desktop session on one out of several Session Hosts.
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RDP screen goes black after successful remote login
We have a Windows 2012 R2 Server that was working perfectly, about month ago, when the administrator tries to connect remotely to the server he gets the login prompt, he enters his credentials but then the screen goes black.
The disks on the server…
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Windows Server 2019 RD Deployment Quick Start wont work
I am attempting to install Remote Desktop Services on a Windows Server 2019 server using the Add Roles and Features Wizard. During installation, it fails with the following error message:
The post installation configuration did not complete. Index…
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How do I restrict a Remote Desktop Client to a single application?
I have an AWS Lightsail server running Windows Server 2016. I want Administrators to be able to log in via Windows Remote Desktop Client and access the desktop and all applications. However, I want to setup one or more users or groups who can…
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RDS licensing servers HA
I'm trying to understand the correct way to configure two licensing servers for high availability, in per user mode.
I have 100 users, and 100 Cal's in total.
I have two licensing servers; lic1 and lic2, and my understanding is lic2 would only ever…
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