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RDWEB/Webclient not able to connect websocket errors...
after configuring and installing eh webclient on my deployment. when I try to connect to one of the resources I get the error..
when I check for the error in the console i get the following errors...
Can someone help me...
what to do next...
rsamayoa
Logs of which host are using RD License Manager
I have inherited the RDS environment across 3 Domains.
Have recently built a new license server for current 2016/2012 hosts and i wish to migrate our old 2008 R2 RD licenses.
How can i track which servers are accessing the old RD license server??
Are there log files i can look at as there are VM's all over the place.
Group Policy hasnt been used so mostly manual setups so can look at a security group to assist.
Remote Desktop Fails as soon as a RDS Collection is Created
Abbreviated Problem:
As soon as I create a RDS application collection I am unable to use any remote desktop services. Reboot has no effect. Security Layer is set to "Negotiate" and Encryption Level is "client compatible". Prior to creating the collection standard RDP works; after it is created, however, RDP (including remote apps) fail to connect with the error :
Likewise, Immediately upon deleting the collection, Remote Desktop begins working again.
-This is a quick setup RDS deployment that exists only on one virtual Server 2016 instance.
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Additional info:
The collection was working as intended for several months but I discovered that the above error would occur for all users and devices after a reboot of the RDS server or after a restart of the remote desktop services on the RDS server. Heeding the advice of a RDS forum I deleted the application collection and thought my troubles were behind me once remote desktop began to work again.. wrong.. As soon as a new RDS collection is created the error returns for all connections. I initially created the collection over an RDP connection and thought that might be the cause but the issue remains even when using a vmware console while creating the collection.
Obviously my RDP ports are open from the client computers to the RDS since RDP works after the collection is deleted -windows firewall is also off.
Hoping someone with more expertise and experience with RDS can help here.
What RDS licenses do I need and WHERE do I need to put them?
The new HOST Server will have 4 VM's
1) [PDC/DC1] - Domain Controller - Windows Server 2019 Standard
2) [Exchange] - MS Exchange Server - Windows Server 2019 Standard / Exchange 2019
3) [Apps] - Apps Server - Windows Server 2019 Standard
4) [Workstation] - Windows 10 Professional
As an Admin, I will be RDP'ing directly to: [Host Server] - [PDC/DC1] - [Exchange] - [Apps] servers for maintenance.
Connections:
1) As an admin, I will be RDP'ing directly to: [Host Server] - [PDC/DC1] - [Exchange] - [Apps] servers for maintenance.
2) A handfull of users (1 at a time) will RDP directly to [Workstation - Windows 10 Pro] for various tasks.
I believe that I need RDS licenses to accomplish this. What I don't know is where do I need to install them to? Do I:
A) Install all of them to the host server?
B) Install 1 on each of the VM's [Host Server] - [PDC/DC1] - [Exchange] - [Apps] - [Workstation Windows 10 Pro]
Thanks!
RD Connection Broker HA setup with SQL AlwaysOn doesn't work correctly
Hi everybody,
I have an issue with RD Connection Brokers in a highly available setup backed by a SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Availability Group. The setup works correctly while the database is running on SQL node A of the availability group, users can logon via RDWeb and start their RemoteApp(s). When the Availability Group fails over to SQL node B, users can not start their RemoteApps, nor connect to a disconnected session, they are faced with these errors:
- The requested session access is denied.
- Your remote Desktop Services session has ended, possibly for one of the following reasons:
The Administrator has ended the session.
An error occurred while the connection was being established.
A network problem occurred.
For help solving the problem, see "Remote Desktop" in Help and Support.
Any idea's how to resolve this?
New-RemoteApp command creating multiple apps
Hi,
I am using puppet to deploy remote apps using powershell commands, it works fine, but my problem is whenever the configuration runs. It just creates another remoteapp with the same name but with (1) next to it. Is there a check I can do to see if it already exists then do nothing? rather than create a new remoteapp with a slightly different name?
Thanks
hide broker name from remote app name in taskbar
Good day,
I am working on a RDS environment for a customer.
We implemented a remote app for his software that he is exposing to the outside world.
When the customer has opened his application and the customer hoovers with his mouse over the app in his task bar, the name of the application is "applicationname" + (rdsbrokername).
We don't want to display the brokername to the customer.
How to manipulate this name to hide the broker?
Thank you in advance,
Remote app redirected printer stops working then log off hangs forever
Anyone know know where to start looking for a solution to our Remoteapp issue? Redirected printers will stop printing then when the user tries to log off and reconnect it will show a message that says "Signing out" indefinitely or a black screen. We are using windows 10 Clients connecting to Windows 2012 R2 Remote app servers. This happens to multiple Remote App servers we have. Any suggestions would be great!
Remote Desktop Connection Broker Load Balancing Issue
Hi,
We host around 4000+ RemoteApp connections in an RDS 2016 farm with 4 RDG, 2 RDCB and 28 RDSH servers.
All servers are Windows Server 2016.
Recently we are seeing that RDCBs stop tracking the number of connections on some RDSH servers and keeps redirecting new connections to them. As a result these servers start hosting a lot more connections than other servers.
Get-RDUserSession keeps reporting the same last known sessions and does not update irrespective of number of connections on the server or their state.
The workaround we have found is to disable new connections to affected RDSH servers, reboot them overnight and add them back on next day.
It will be great if someone can shed some light on this issue. I'm not sure how connection brokers get updated connection info from RDSH servers.
Thanks
Dinesh
Windows Server 2016 Remote App issue
Hi There
Hoping you can help with an issue am having adding remote apps to my existing RDS farm,
I currently have a working RDS farm consisting off 1 x gateway, 1 x broker and 2 x rd hosts, at the moment i can start a desktop session collection either internal or external to my organization without issue.
Now the issue is i have built another rd host to add remote apps, ive added this using my broker and published an app, all works fine internally but externally it does not work, when i start the application it sits on starting remote app for ages then errors out with the following message.
Remote Desktop can't find the computer "RD host", this might mean that it does not belong to the specified network.It looks like its trying to resolve the internal broker name externally and obvioulsy that wont work.
The gateway settings are already enabled globally within RDS, just scratching my head, dont want to mess with the configuration too much as the other rd hosts work fine.
Any ideas what could be the issue ?
Redirected printers do not appear on 2008 R2 RDS
Since today we have a issue with our 2008 R2 RDP server
local printers from desktops are no longer forwarded to the RDS (before today all was working fine)
I cannot find any related errors in eventvwr and the settings havent changed.
Ive tried a few google solutions but unfortunately none worked. Hopefully you guys can help.
Done:
Print spooler restart
Checked printer redirection in configuration program for RDS
Checked local RDP settings
Verified rights to system32/spool
Tried different workstations. All seem to have the issue
Add a regkey under HCU\Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client\Default\AddIns\RDPDR (FilterQueueType FFFFFF)
Any suggestions?
Preferably without rebooting the server. That would really disturb the workflow.
RDS - Certificate Settngs
Hi
I am trying to setup Windows Server 2016 Remote Desktop Services. I have to setup certificates, I wonder how I do that..
I have,
- RD Connection Broker - Enable Single On
- RD Connection Broker - Publishing
- RD Web Access
- RD Gateway
My scenario to custmer is from the Windows Clients you can click on firefox to get Internet in the customers area.
Please help me with certificate :-)
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GP not working on RDSH in child domain
Working on an environment with all 2016 servers. Parent.local domain and child.parent.local domain. If I log into RD-sessionhost.child.parent.local session host with a user in the parent.local domain everything works except group policy. On the session host server I see event ID: 1053 processing of group policy failed. Windows could not resolve the user name. The RDSH is joined to the child.parent.local domain but is on a separate VLAN and only allowed to communicate with the child.parent.local network but not the parent.local network. The child.parent.local network can fully communicate with the parent.local network and no issues there. Does the session host in child.parent.local network need to communicate directly with the parent.local network for group policy to work?
Thanks in advance!!
RDS Servers Events 7011, 7046 - BSOD rdbss.sys
Hi All
I have a virtualised (VMWare) RDS 2012R2 environment with 20 Session hosts spread across 6 Dell ESXI Hosts - 2 Sets of different PowerEdge Models. Over the past 4-6 weeks we have started to get multiple event 7011's followed by a 7046.
A timeout (30000 milliseconds) was reached while waiting for a transaction response from the UmRdpService service.
The following service has repeatedly stopped responding to service control requests: Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector
At this point some existing connected users cant sign out and applications start to crash including explorer.exe. Trying to shutdown via the GUI just hangs and the only way to get the server back is to reset the power using vSphere console.
Applications on the Session Hosts are mainly MS Office 2016, Acrobat Reader, 7Zip and Webroot AV. Windows OS and applications are fully patched and up to date and Dell Firmware and drivers are fully up to date.
Users connect in via RemoteApp and local drives and printers are redirected into their sessions.
The weird thing is, like clockwork the crashes happen at the end of each day usually between 16:00 - 18:00 - To me its like a degradation symptom or perhaps its the actions of users disconnecting or logging off their session - Its affecting a couple of servers each day.
On top of this, it appears 7011, 7046 results in a BSOD. I have grabbed the Memory.dmp file and opened it with WinDbg.
Im now trying to figure out the dmp - uploaded to PasteBin here (happy to paste dmp here but didnt want to "dump" to much information in the post)
What stands out to me is rdbss.sys
Probably caused by : rdbss.sys ( rdbss!__RxAcquireFcb+1f3 )
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL (a)
An attempt was made to access a pageable (or completely invalid) address at an
interrupt request level (IRQL) that is too high. This is usually
caused by drivers using improper addresses.
If a kernel debugger is available get the stack backtrace.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000, memory referenced
Arg2: 0000000000000002, IRQL
Arg3: 0000000000000000, bitfield :
bit 0 : value 0 = read operation, 1 = write operation
bit 3 : value 0 = not an execute operation, 1 = execute operation (only on chips which support this level of status)
Arg4: fffff80179d3ba44, address which referenced memory
BUCKET_ID: AV_rdbss!__RxAcquireFcb
PRIMARY_PROBLEM_CLASS: AV_rdbss!__RxAcquireFcb
My rdbss.sys version - 6.3.9600.18895
Can anyone help to try and decipher the above and suggest next/best cause of action?
Many thanks :)
RDS user open HTML file with google chrome as default
Can you define this on the RDS server?
Winodws server 2019 unexpected shutdown
Hello support,
I have a new Windows server 2019 standard installation. It is a Hyper -V host and has a VM for RDS. whenever I reboot the host server it comes up with the Unexpected shutdown Dialog box. I do not see any errors in the event viewer like 6008 or 41.
I appreciate any help or input.
Thanks,
Jamshid
RDS 2016 Collection - weird Home folder Issues.
Hi everyone,
didn't know where else to turn on this one as I've been building TS/RDS farms/clusters for over 15 years and I've never seen anything like this before:
here is the setup:
- RDSGW01 - RDS Gateway Server
- RDSCB01 - RDS Connection Broker
- RDSSH01 - RDS Session Host 1
- RDSSH02 - RDS Session Host 2
- RDSSH03 - RDS Session Host 3
i'm not using DNS round robin for the load balancing, the RDP file has the necessary settings for the load balancer. for the most part everything works absolutely perfectly and as expected. its the next part that has me stumped.
i also need to let you know that this set up is allowing multi user logins (i know, but it was a customer requirement)
here are the users:
- User 1 (has a home folder drive set via profile in AD)
- User 2 (has mapped drives via GPO's)
- User 3 (has a home folder drive set via profile in AD)
User 2 logs in, starts working no problem. When User 1 logs in they also have no problem however, a few minutes later User 2 gets the home folder drive from User 1 mapped in their session... it just appears. then later when User 3 logs in the same thing happens, their home folder drive appears as a drive in User 2's session.
at first i thought it was a rogue GPO or something but profile drives aren't mapped that way. User 2 has no access or policy or scripts that should let them have these drives....
help !
FYI. users are getting different RDS Hosts when they log on so its not as if its isolated to a single server.
Using Remote Desktopo Svcs internally
I am a contractor at Microsoft and need to log onto a lab remote connection to be able to test and verify content I am creating. I have brought the RDS sign in up and entered what I believe is the "Computer" name. That is the information under External Hostname. Is that the correct information to provide for Computer? Because I just get a message saying:
Remote Desktop can't connect to the remote computer for one of these reasons:
1) Remote access to the server is not enabled
2) The remote computer is turned off
3) The remote computer is not available on the network
Make sure the remote computer is turned on and connected to the network, and that remote access is enabled.
Am I doing something incorrectly or does it just take 24 - 48 hrs. to enable the connection for my ID (which I did not enter).
RDS - IE11 passwords not retained
We have an Windows 2016 RDS collection consisting of a 1 x RDCB, 1 x RD Web Access, 1 x RD Gateway and 7 x RDSH servers. User Profile Disks are enabled. We redirect the users Documets, Desktops & Appdata to a seperate file share.
Users are reporting IE11 does not retain their usernames & passwords, desipite selecting 'remember/save', when logging into websites etc. We have installed Chrome on the RDSH servers and this seems to correctly saves the users login details. How can we
get IE to retain the users passwords etc.
Please note, we are using RDS rather than VDI.