How to create auto logon for several local machines on a domain?
Having to log-in to a computer via passwords consistently is a bit of an inconvenience and one more thing to remember along side business. Can I set the Windows Server 2003 up to have which ever users...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Connection Manager can only open 6 sessions at a time on...
I am only able to open, and view thumbnails, for a maximum of 6 RDP sessions on my Server 2012 box at a time in Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCM). If I add more sessions I just get a variety of...
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Change the Broker/RDSH target server in RDWA
Hi All,I'm really confused since i forgot how to do it.The question is simple.With Windows 2008 R2 (SP1), when logging the the RDWA server with a local admin domain user, we find the Configuration tab...
View ArticleManually Creating Desktop Connection .wcx file - Server 2008 R2
So essentially I want to create a .wcx file, but can't follow this tutorial because I don't have my server joined to a domain (very simple setup), and therefore I cannot install the RD Connection...
View ArticleReporting SPLA usage of Remote Desktop user CALs
For our SPLA, we need to report how many unique users were logged in during the month via RDP. (I also need to report how many opened Office, and Office Pro Plus, but not sure that's for this forum)....
View ArticleRemote Desktop Does Not Connect to WMDC
This topic has been raised previously but no viable fix or workaround has been provided.If use Remote Desktop to connect to a machine that has a Windows CE mobile device connected via USB, I am unable...
View ArticlePublish WS2008 R2 Remote App using WS2012 R2 RDS
Is it supported to publish remote app from the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 RDS Session host using Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS Session Collection? Also using Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS gateway etc?I know...
View ArticleChange published FQDN for Server 2008 or 2008 R2 RDS Deployment
I came across cmdlet that allows to change published FQDN for Server 2012 or 2012 R2 RDS Deployment and it works great. But it doesn't work for 2008 and 2008 R2 servers. Does anybody know how to fix...
View ArticleEnable BOTH SSO (Windows Auth) and FBA for RDweb portal (2012 R2 Deployment)
Hi All, I have seen a lot of articles for enabling SSO for RDweb on 2012 R2 deployments. Which is great, but I have not seen any information on using SSO with fall back to Forms based Auth. If I enable...
View ArticleRDS 2012 R2 VDI Pooled VMs AVHD Bloat
Good Morning,I have an issue in a proof of concept scenario where my VDI Pooled VMs when left in an idle state start rapidly increasing in disk space. Is there a log I can view that can determine what...
View ArticleSSO
Hi All, I am having trouble implementing SSO. My environment: RDGW with RDWA ---> RDCB ---> 2 x RDSH. All servers are 2012 R2 and clients are a mixture of Windows 7 & 8.Currently, users need...
View ArticleStart a program" - how to?">Starting a remote-application with "MSTSC -> Start a program" - how to?
Dear IT-Pro´s,I´m currently trying to start an remoteapplication via mstsc with the option "Start the following program on connection." I´ve tried it in two different labs.Setups tried (same for both...
View ArticleLoad balanced RD farm with 2 servers? Is this possible?
I was wanting to know if there is a way to create a load balanced RD farm with only 2 servers. I know this can be done using a hardware load balancer (such as an F5 device), or can be done to a lesser...
View ArticleUPD profile redirection server 2012 R2
We have 2 RDP session servers, a single application collection and we have configured UPD for user profile redirection.We have a legacy application which writes a user.sid file to...
View ArticleServer crashes when someone logs in.
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server, and every time someone logs in via Remote Desktop, or on the console, it crashes. The only way to get it back is to power it off, and back on.It will continue to ping,...
View ArticleNew to RDS, a couple of questions
Hi,Fairly new to RDS and I have a couple of basic questions I would like some help with if possible.I want to provide RDS to a small company of 30-35 users. Of these 22 are at the head office the rest...
View ArticleWhy is Total Licenses not equal to Available plus Issued?
We have a new Windows 2012R2 server and have just installed Remote Desktop Services on it.We added some licenses through SPLA, Volume License And the Per User CALs show up in RD license manager.But...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Virtual Desktop Template Issue
HiI have created a two server VDI infrastructure using Server 2012 RTM I have one server hosting the RDS connection broker and RD Web Access roles and then a separate server with Hyper-V server...
View ArticleRemote assistance can't connect
I have two computers set up, one with Enterprise Server 2008R2 SP1, and one with Windows 7 Enterprise SP1. I am trying to get remote assistance (RA) working between the machines. I pass the RA...
View ArticleLanguage Bar appears when launching apps on RD Client on iOS devices
When using the RD Client app on iOS devices to launch programs from a Remote Resource Feed we always get a language bar appearing on the screen. The language bar doesn't appear when using RemoteApp...
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