"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 Protocol for Windows Server 2008
Currently we're having formatting issues when printing from a Windows 2008 server via TS Easy Print which we don't see when printing from Windows Server 2008 R2.
Clients are running windows 7 with a mix of RDP 7.1 and 8.0.
The windows 2008 server is…
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Microsoft Remote Desktop Services - Android
We have recently started testing Remote Desktop Services. We have deployed the environment using the latest server, Windows Server 2012 R2. We have deployed the Web Access Roles, RD Gateway, Connection Broker Virtualization Host and Session Host. …
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Graphical Glitch - Outlook 2013 on a 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Server as a Remote App
Server 2008 R2 SP1, with Remote Desktop Services.
Office 2013.
[Edit: Most] Microsoft updates installed.
Publish Outlook as a RemoteApp, and run it from a Windows 8 client, then open an email. What happens is this:
The email opens and renders…
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Remote Desktop Services login history
Is it possible to generate a report of past user logins to a Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Services server?
The closest Event Viewer logs I can find are under Application and Services Logs --> Microsoft --> Windows -->…
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Remote Desktop Services License on two Windows 2008 servers
Is it possible to share the same retail Remote Desktop Services License key across two different Windows 2008 servers on the same domain?
My small business currently has a retail RDS License for 5 users. I would like to include two servers in that…
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Microsoft VDI 2012 - VDI Personal collection vs Session-based deployment
I have a small confusion about the differences between the 2 types of set ups:
When deploying using Add Roles and Features the Wizard requests to choose from one of two Deployment Scenarios:
Virtual machine-based desktop deployment : Virtual…
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RemoteApp shows no certificate available but RD Session host finds it fine
I am trying to set up remote app for a internal domain. I have a Root CA that is trusted my all of the end computers, that cert has signed a wildcard cert I am trying to use for the server.
I added the pfx of the wildcard cert to the local machine…
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Why does Terminal Services open WMI, RPC, and NB ports in the firewall?
After adding the Remote Desktop Session Host roll to a server the following firewall rules get created and are enabled by default.
Name Group Profile Enabled Action Override Program …
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What does "Use mandatory profiles on the RD Session Host server" do?
The description for "Use mandatory profiles on the RD Session Host server" is a little ambiguous:
This policy setting allows you to specify whether Remote Desktop
Services uses a mandatory profile for all users connecting remotely to
the RD…
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Can not get RD Session Host server to accept my credentials for a Licensing server in a workgroup setup
Updated: I changed the setup to make it closer to the live environment, I am no longer using IP addresses to connect to each other. I also have clarified the question more, if it needs more clarification, please let me know.
I am doing some testing…
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How do I reissue machine certificates for my Active Directory members now that I have a private CA?
So I have a working Active Directory. I've recently added a new machine to act as an Active Directory Certificate Authority.
I've added a Group Policy (Computer level) for automatic certificate enrollment according to this document. And verified…
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Remote Desktop Authentication without NTLM - How to Configure from non-Windows clients?
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This has been bugging me for quite a while (and no amount of internet searching has amounted to a decent solution), so I'm hoping someone can offer some sage advice. When I try and start a Remote Desktop session from a Mac to a Windows…
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Cannot manage Remote Desktop Services from Server Manager any more
Below, all error messages etc. are given here as translated by myself from German. The English original may differ
We have the following setup
Server A: Windows 2016 with RDP Session Broker and RDP Licensing for two RDP farms
Server B1, B2, ...:…
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Copy/paste disabled after running remote desktop in windows7
I have 64bit windows 7. When I run remote desktop to another server or computer, copy/paste disabled on whole of my PC!
I enabled copy/paste option on remote desktop, but it is not working.
I can not copy/paste between remote machine and my PC and I…
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failed to reconnect to your remote session
When I try to connect I get a black screen for a minute and then I get this message
failed to reconnect to your remote session please try to connect again
I ping it and it's fine network is working properly, I'm out of ideas
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