"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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Windows Server 2016 both working and not working without configuration or licensing?
We have two VMs running Server 2016. On one of them I can log in with my username via RDP. On the other one, when I try to log in with my username via RDP, I get the following error:
"The remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote…
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Duplicate users in RDS licensing
I'm about to purchase RDS CALs for a new RDS 2019 server currently in it's grace period. On checking the license console, we've got duplicate users in there. Is the username case-sensitive? Seems a bit unusual? I don't seem to be able to revoke…
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RDP connection with gateway credential sharing between browser and RDP client
Our department is responsible for giving courses that, amongst others, rely on a fully working Windows domain. Let us call these environments simply System1, System2 and so on. The aim is to provide a remote desktop connection for students of the…
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Set background of remotedesktop while displaying user environment program
I have set up a Windows Server 2019 as a remote desktop host, using user CALs.
When a user logs on to the server, he is locked in a program specified in his user settings. This all works fine, but now some of our customers complained about the black…
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Domain-joined Windows 10 Hyper-V VM reboots after RDP session disconnects
I have several Win10 VMs set up in Hyper-V on Server 2012 R2. The server participates as a node in a failover cluster. The VMs are Roles in the cluster.
These are new VMs with fresh installs of Windows 10 Enterprise 1909.
I've observed that when a…
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run script remotely on windows 2012 server
I have a script that I manually have to run 4 or 5 times a day, in one of our servers. I remotely access the server and execute the script.
The OS is Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation.
Now, I can´t give remote access to the server to the other…
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Enable Remote Desktop Connection on SBS 2011 without need for VPN
I would like to be able to establish a connection from my home PC to my work PC through a Windows Remote Desktop Connection. The server is running on Windows Small Business Server 2011.
A VPN has been set up for me, which allows the RDP to work.…
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Remote Terminal Services speed up initial connection
I have a windows 2003 64 bit remote terminal server with 30 clients connecting to it.
I noticed that when the client connects to the terminal server it takes 22 seconds to appear the following message "applying your personal settings", and then it…
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Windows RD Licensing: Double license from uppercase and lowercase user name
I was having problem with RDS license. So I checked my license usage, and found out that a user takes 2 license.
The user DOMAIN\pajak below is using DOMAIN\PAJAK and DOMAIN\pajak. I can't revoke the license either from one of them.
The license…
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Is RDP override of redirected printer setting an issue with Server 2012 or printer driver?
Windows 10 / 64-bit Pro workstations connecting to Microsoft Server 2012 via Remote Desktop Connection are experiencing a problem with their redirected printer, a Lexmark Model XM5365. The Lexmark driver, as installed locally on the workstation,…
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How to give multiple users remote access to a Windows application geographically close to the database server
We are migrating to another accounting system, but still have a legacy system built in MS Access (97/2000/2003) with SQL Server as the backend.
The system running Access has to be in the same office as the database, because otherwise it runs…
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RDS Session host server disconnecting all user profile disks intermittently
I have a Windows RDS solution utilizing user profile disks which are stored on a file server.
There are two session host servers which the RDS Gateway loadbalances between.
I'm seeing an issue whereby at certain points in the day, all of the user…
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Windows server Remote Desktop Services LAGS very with good resources
RDS services hosted on our windows server 2016 (Hyper-V virtual machine). We use default installation without any clustering/load balancing/etc - merely RDS services and licensing server.
Problem occurs when user count crosses 70-80 sessions (30-40…
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PowerShell Copy-Item from Remote Session
I am able to transfer files to a remote session, however I been pretty unsuccessful at retrieving files from it. The remote system is a Windows 7 machine with PowerShell v2.0, from Windows 10 Enterprise.
I was originally trying to retrieve a folder…
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Steps to add new Windows 2012R2 Server to RDS Deployment
I have a new 2012R2 Server(call it server4) that I want to add to my RDS deployment. Here is our current configuration, all running 2012R2
Server1: RDS License Server
Server2: RD Connection Broker
Server3: RDS Session Host
Server4: New Server w/t…
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