"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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can server 2012 R2 be used in server 2008 R2 terminal server farm
I have currently have 3 server 2008 R2 servers forming a server farm with a separate server 2008 R2 session broker.
I am familiar with adding servers to the farm using active directory and joining the "session broker computers" group.
This works…
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Active directory user sessions are not appearing under the "Collections/Connections" in Remote Desktop Services
I am currently using Windows Server 2012 r2 and I am trying to setup RDP shadow services on my services to be able to remotely connect to current user sessions who are on the domain, I set up all the correct GPO and permissions for remote desktop…
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Windows 2008 R2 with RDP Services Remote Control fails intermittently with "Access is denied"
While logged in as domain admin, I'm occasionally unable to use the remote control feature and get an "Access is denied" error message (or from procmon.exe by sysinternals "Remote Control: null")...
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Does RAM consumption use Network Bandwidth?
I have created a software which is being accessed by remote users through RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol).
Application Platform : C# 3.5 - Windows Form
Current Server that i am using : Windows Server 2008 R2
I am new to online servers and i wanted to…
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Non-Domain Thin Client RDPing to Domain Terminal Server with domain credentials
I have Windows Thin Clients on the network that are not Domain joined. They access a Domain joined terminal server. If I use RDP and enter the server name, then when prompted, user credentials they cant login. If I login with this format domain\user…
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Available RDS licenses but still no access
We have two Remote Desktop servers (Windows 2008 Server R2), with one of them being the license server. We had 30 CALs so only 30 sessions could be opened. We bought 5 more CALs and installed them on the license server. Licences seem to be installed…
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Terminal Server 2008 Closing All Applications Immediately Upon Opening
I've got a terminal server that one user is having problems with. Everyone else seems to work just fine. When this user tries to open any application, it closes immediately. This is ALL applications. Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Firefox,…
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Reconnect to Domain Controller after temporary disconnect in Server 2012
I have 5 RDP Servers running Windows Server 2012.
Our Domain Controller was temporarily taken off of the network for 5 minutes due to a bad switch.
Even after it has been brought back online, when logging in users get the message:
The specified…
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RemoteApp and encrypted connection strings in the machine.config
We have several applications which use encrypted connection strings from with the machine.config on the server.
Now we are starting to experiment with RemoteApps, but are getting the error:
Whenever a non-Adminstrator user attempts to connect to…
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(How) Can I change the location of the local profile storage (C:\Users) in a roaming profile RDS environment?
Setup:
1 File Server and 2 Terminal Servers (RDS Hosts), 1 Domain
Roaming Profiles are set to \WS2008R2\PROFILES\
Local Profile storage as per default is in C:\Users
Relevant Software:
Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Standard (64-bit)
Microsoft Outlook…
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Is it unsafe publishing a Remote Desktop Services Gateway directly to the Internet?
I am planning to deploy a Remote Desktop Services Gateway on Windows Server 2012 R2 on AWS with the following configuration in the security group (the RDS Gateway should authenticate users against an Active Directory:
Inbound port open: only 443…
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Server software complains it is already running when launched over RD
The server software needs to be accessed by remote users. When one user is logged in, the other user cannot launch the software as it complains it is "already active" (running for another user).
My client said that this used to work [for multiple…
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What does "Administrator" have that allows them to RDP into a server?
I am trying to setup an Active Directory so that "Domain Users" can via RDP. If I assign the role "Domain Admin" to the user, they can login via RDP no problem but when I follow many tutorials (this one included) it will not work (says user not…
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Virtual Machine with Two NIC's Losing Internet
Please Forgive my newbieness... I'm just a developer trying to learn a little of the hardware side. I've tried to look this question up but all results produce VMWare which I am not using.
I've created a domain with 1&1.com cloud servers. I have two…
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How to recover accidentally deleted self signed RDP certificate?
Environment: Windows 2012 on Workgroup setting.
Our Remote Desktop Service was using a self-signed certificate, which was deleted.
Actions taken to delete are:
MMC > File > Add/Remove Snap in > Certificates > Computer Account > Local Computer >…
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