"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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Remote desktop connection over VPN
I have a Server machine that has both VPN and RDP Enables(Windows Server 2022).
The vpn base is L2TP and users have no problem connecting to the server with it.
Also the RDP port is open so users can connect to machines/login into it.
Now the…
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Windows Server 2019 remote users stuck in a black screen
So we have 2 virtually identical servers that are hosted somewhere else . Ever since we moved to these new servers in January we noticed periods when one of these servers would become stuck on a black screen when trying to connect with the Remote…
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RD Gateway and Web Application Proxy and AD FS
I am trying to deploy an RD Gateway in combination with WAP (Web Application Proxy) and AD FS pre-authentication as described here.
For a "proof of concept", I've decided to deploy all RDS roles to one server. Simplified, my environment now looks…
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Migrating a Terminal Server - Multiple Names
I tried migrating our Terminal Server, which is now successful. The terminal server is joined to a trusted domain and normally, we could access the terminal server from our own domain.
I created an A record on our DNS server to route the Old Server…
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No sound from microphone over Remote Desktop (Windows Server 2019)
I'm trying to allow users to properly use video/voice chat software (like Teams) on our Remote Desktop server. Sound playback works fine, but I've been unable to get sound input (microphone input) through to the server.
The sound control panel on…
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Smart card reader not able to detect in remote host
I have a situation where Host A (USB smart card reader connected) trying to RDP'ed to Host B, however, Host B was not able to detect the smart card reader on Host A in the remote session.
Thing I have tried:
Directly connect the USB smart card…
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Redirect or alter specific registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE based on the logged in user
We would like to run an application under Terminal Server that's typically designed to run on a single client machine connected via network to a local server. This will mean multiple users logged on to one terminal server where based on the…
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GoogleVM - Remote Desktop Connection Error
Can't connect to Google Server using Remote Desktop Connection in Windows 10.
The error is "An internal error has occurred".
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Quickbooks Causing RDP disconnects
I run about 20 Windows 2016/2019 RDP Servers out of a central datacenter. I have a group of 4 QuickBooks (21 Enterprise) users on a fully patched 2019 server that are experiencing frequent RDP disconnects from the Terminal Server they share. Users…
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Azure Virtual Desktop - can't login
I need to set up Azure Virtual Desktop and everything is deployed but there is no possibility to log in. Created the host pool, Desktop Application Group and a workspace, then added users to the DAG and gave them the "Desktop Virtualization User"…
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How easily and quickly access workstations that are two or three servers away from mine
I work for a small IT firm whose main client has dozens of Windows Servers (2012 R2) catering to thousands of workstations in several dozen cities.
We routinely and remotely assist end-users, and to do that, we have to:
Log onto a main server in…
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Find user’s session in RDS
Let’s say I have a Remote Desktop Services environment with two connection brokers and four Remote Desktop Session Hosts.
I want to know which of the four session hosts that user jdoe is logged on to.
How can I retrieve this information using…
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Changes to the value for Remote Desktop Services User Profile path do not take
TLDR; I can't figure out where the value for %appdata% is set for RDS servers. This appears to be different from the "Remote Desktop Services User Profile" directory in ADUC, as I can successfully manipulate that value and have it propagate.
I am…
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Best option under Azure to provide remote desktop access to an application?
I developed a desktop app and now I would need that users can use it from a RDP connection.
I have Windows 2012 in a Azure Virtual Machine. I understand that I need a CAL license for each user.
Keeping in mind that users do not need to access to…
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Allow multiple users to interact with a single running instance of an executable
We have a Windows 10 machine running an inhouse update schedule (updateSchedule.exe) which runs multiple update processes which gather data and load to a database. Scheduled processes (update1.exe, update2.exe...) are triggered by the scheduler and…
