RemoteApp enables you to make programs that are accessed remotely through Remote Desktop Services appear as if they are running on the end user's local computer.
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Why is it bad to deploy Remote Desktop Services on a domain controller?
I have an application on a VPS and I want to run it with RemoteApp instead of having to remote desktop into the server. Our VPS provider can sell us a pack of five RDS licenses to use which will be plenty.
I plan on following this guide that says it…

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Default printer via GPO Item Level Targeting in RDS/RemoteApp session
Current Setup:
Server 2008 R2
GPO uses GPP to create network printer
Same GPO uses GPP to update printer with item level targeting to set as default. The item level target is "computer is member of the security group domain\printer1"
I'm…

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Configuring RemoteApp for external users, how does RDS Gateway work?
I feel I must be just missing something obvious here. I have a working RDS deployment with two RDSH hosts. It's not perfectly architected, but this came from a PoC and will be re-engineered in a few months so I'm not worried about that. We have…

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RemoteApp performance issues in Windows Server 2012R2
When editing or saving rather large ms office or pdf files (1MB+), it seems that the printerdriver recalculates the printing settings (area and so on) of the document which causes enough load to make the remoteapp freeze for around 10 seconds.…

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Azure RemoteApp endpoints
I want to use Azure RemoteApp, but my application needs to have custom ports forwarded to it. When setting up the virtual machine, I created endpoints and those where working on the VM. After creating a template image from that machine, it lost the…

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Can you change the RemoteApp location of a published app?
We would like to be able to roll out new versions of an application in RemoteApp without having to kick off users. One idea was to publish the new version of the application in a different directory, say APP/VERSION_XXX, and then update the…

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Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services how to see collections in list that expands off bottom of screen?
In Server Manager > Remote Desktop Services I have a large list of collections. The list is already so long that it goes off the bottom of the screen and unfortunately it is only going to keep growing.
I cannot find any way to scroll the list of…

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Server 2012 - How to change the connection folder name - RemoteApp and Desktop Connections
We have a terminal server 2012 with all the application installed. It works fine for all the users through RDP and also through rdweb access.
Now if I am setting up RemoteApp and Desktop Connection for users on desktop I need to change the folder…

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remoteapp not started from rdp file on windows 2008 R2
Server: Windows 2008 R2, myProgram.exe installed as remoteapp with alias "myProgram"
Client: Windows 2008 R2
rdp file in…

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How can you use a RemoteFx GPU in a Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtual Machine?
The title says it all - I have a Hyper-V host with GPU installed and RemoteFx enabled. RemoteFx works fine in any Windows client OS, but I am trying to accelerate an application which will sit on a Windows Server 2012 R2 VM. Why? Because that VM…

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unable to connect to the server by using windows powershell remoting
For learning only, with my Windows Server 2012 R2, I would like to set up RemoteApp.
I don't find any help on the web about this error message:
unable to connect to the server by using windows powershell remoting
or in French:
la communication à…

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Windows 2012 R2 - RemoteApp - limit user instances
We have a new ERP application which runs via RemoteApp. It's expensive and has a very draconian license limit. Sometimes users will mistakenly open multiple instances of it, when they are not supposed to.
However, no matter how many copies of the…

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RDS 2012 - Starting RemoteApp from RDWeb Prompts for credentials
I have the following Windows 2012 R2 RemoteApp Setup
Server1 - Role (Web Access, connection broker, RD Host) 192.168.100.1
Server2 - Role (connection broker, RD Host) 192.168.100.2
DNS Entries used for Round Robin
RDWA 192.168.100.1,…

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Access Server 2008R2 RemoteApp with MS iOS RDP App without RD Web Access
Is it possible to connect to a Server 2008 R2 RemoteApp using the iOS Microsoft Remote Desktop App v8.0.9, across LAN and VPN, with only the RD Session Host service installed? That is, without RD Web Access, RD Gateway and RD Connection Broker? …

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Remote desktop Gateway unavailable
I have set up a Remote desktop 2012 r2 session host set up,
When i access the RdWeb for my set up, login works fine but i get the error below when i launch the remote apps.
Your computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Remote…

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