Managing server 2012 RDS in a workgroup
We have been trying to manage remote desktop server 2012 in workgroup mode , all our 2008r2 server are in workgroup mode, and we are excited to use 2012, we have asked the question before and the...
View ArticleRDWEB not redirecting printers on 2012 VDI pool deployment
I have RDWeb running on Server 2012 along with a 5 machine VDI pool. If a remote user connects to the RDWeb server and then connects to a desktop in the pool, their local printer will not show up....
View ArticleNo Local Printers in 2008 R2 Remote Desktop
I'm configuring a 2008 R2 64 bit server to use Remote Desktop Services. Client is Windows 8. Pretty much everything is in place, except I can't get local printers to show up. I'm stumped as to what is...
View ArticleHide "Windows Updates Available" from domain users
Hi,We're running 4 RDS 2012 servers in a load-balance pool. All 4 servers have been scheduled to download and install updates at specific intervals (nightly) + reboot as well. I've noticed however...
View ArticleMy RD Gateway cert is going to expire soon
Is it best to open IIS and just create a new cert or renew it? I've searched around and saw that some blogs new certs were created. Not sure why they just didn't use the renew button in IIS ? Can...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Services has taken too long to load the user configuration...
I keep getting Event ID 20499 "Remote Desktop Services has taken too long to load the user configuration from server \\SERVERNAME for user USERNAME" in our event logs for multiple servers that are...
View ArticleRDS 2012 R2 + User Profile Disks - corrupt ntuser.dat after RDS Host crashes
I have an RDS 2012 R2 Session host collection set up with a connection broker and with UPD's running off a share with Server 2008 R2. All worked great.. until one of the Session Hosts crashed/blue...
View ArticleRDS 2012 Can't add a licensing server
I am running Server 2012R2 RDS in the trial period. I have purchased my RDS licenses, installed the licensing role on a second server and installed the RDS licenses to it. Server 2 with licensing...
View ArticleNew RDP User CALs not working
Just added 2 additional RDP User CALs to a RDP server and it is not allowing more logins. We had 5 to start with, which work fine, but the 2 new licenses do not work. Under RD Licensing Manager, it...
View ArticleRemoteapp Display Issues - Windows Server 2012
We are in the process of testing a remoteapp in a Windows Server 2012 environment and are running into a couple of issues. Most of the PC's that we will be publishing the remoteapp for are running...
View ArticleNo icons are showing up in the Web Access page
HI!I currently have the following setup:5 * 2012 AD Domain1 * 2012 R2 Remote desktop services server (RD Connection Broker, RD Session Host, RD Web Access)1 * XP SP3 Client1 * Windows 7 ClientWhen i...
View ArticleConnecting Mac OS X clients via Remote Desktop Gateway
I have recently set up a Remote Desktop Gateway server (Server 2008 R2) to simplify our users' Remote Desktop connections to their office computers from outside the building. This works great for...
View Articleremote desktop services has taken too long to load the user configuration
Hello,A few weeks back I swapped out our old Server 2003 domain controller with a new server 2012 R2 domain controller. Everything has been fine for a few weeks. Then yesterday I got a call that one...
View ArticleConnectivity issue from only one computer
Let me start by saying i have 10 servers and about 15 workstations on this network. only one computer (my main computer) has this issue. all other computers work as they should.This problem started to...
View ArticleExtremely slow RDP session - Solved
When upgrading our environment to Windows Server 2012 we experienced really slow RDP functionality towards these servers.The sessions connected fine but the update frequency were extremely slow. If one...
View ArticleWindows 2008 SP2 Terminal Services Manager not sorting idle time properly?
I could swear (with SP1) that if I click on the IdleTime column header to sort the idle time it used to work properly.Now it's sorting by first number: 1, 10, 11, 1:02, 2, 3, etc...Is this a new bug in...
View ArticleWindows Update disabled on Terminal Services Server
No matter which administrative account I use, local or domain, Windows Update displays a "Windows Update is managed by your system administrator" message.I have attempted to use the /admin switch when...
View ArticleRemoteApp support for WP, iOS and Android?
Currently we have single Windows Server 2008 (non R2) that is hosting some applications that we have published as remoteapps to end users. We have used remoteapps only from windows computers but things...
View ArticleUnable to access terminal server
Hello all! I'm not particularly tech savvy, but here is my problem:I was set up as a user by my co-worker on a Windows 2008 terminal server. This was done so that I can run Open Office from the...
View ArticleRDP Gateway Custom Authentication plugin and ActiveX Control
We are implementing a custom authentication plugin for RDP gateway according to the sample provider by Microsoft.We are now trying to customize the RDP Web Access logon page to use the ActiveX RDP...
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