I'm having an issue on a single RDS 2016 server at the moment where the start menu doesn't open.  

I've gone though lots of steps including sfc /scannow  (No errors)   DISM with all the options (No Errors)

I've cleared the Registry in firewall policy\restricted services\configurable\system.

I believe the issue is that I don't have any applications registered in the get-appxpackage at all, it just comes back blanks where as on working machines I get a list of about 15.

I've tried to install the packages by hand using variations of 

Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppxManifest.xml -Verbose 

This returns the following;

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF6, Package could not be registered.
An internal error occurred with error 0x800705AA. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 5597e571-c93a-001c-e6eb-97553ac9d401 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID
5597e571-c93a-001c-e6eb-97553ac9d401
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register C:\Windows\SystemAp ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : WriteError: (C:\Windows\Syst...ppxManifest.xml:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

If I then use Get-AppxLog -ActivityID5597e571-c93a-001c-e6eb-97553ac9d401

Time                      ID           Message
----                      --           -------
20/02/2019 17:22:29       301          The calling process is powershell.exe
20/02/2019 17:22:29       603          Started deployment Register operation on a package with main parameter: AppxManifest.xml and Options: 0. See
                                       http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       10002        Creating Resiliency File
                                       C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\AppRepository\75f29027-c919-4974-89c9-f53bb4413b5f_S-1-5-21-1787921346-3847137862-2124306101-500_1.rslc for
                                       Register Operation on Package Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       607          Deployment Register operation on package Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy has been de-queued and is running
                                       for user FISRDS1\Administrator.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       613          Adding uri to the list of Uris: C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\AppxManifest.xml.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       447          GetFullyQualifiedReference from the String Resource Map for package full name:
                                       Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy and reference string: Microsoft Corporation failed.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       339          Registration will process the extensions in the following order: windows.visualElements windows.autoPlayContent windows.autoPlayDevice
                                       windows.activatableClass.inProcessServer windows.activatableClass.outOfProcessServer windows.activatableClass.proxyStub
                                       windows.activatableClass.downloadUpload windows.search windows.fileOpenPicker windows.fileSavePicker windows.cachedFileUpdater
                                       windows.appUriHandler windows.shareTarget windows.lockScreenCall windows.personalAssistantLaunch windows.fileTypeAssociation windows.protocol
                                       windows.appointmentsProvider windows.activatableClass.backgroundPlaybackClass windows.backgroundTasks windows.DefaultBackgroundTasks
                                       windows.webAccountProvider windows.userDataAccountsProvider windows.preInstalledConfigTask windows.updateTask windows.appService
                                       windows.appointmentDataProvider windows.contactDataProvider windows.emailDataProvider windows.internal.filePickerExperience
                                       windows.dialProtocol windows.restrictedLaunch windows.accountPictureProvider windows.cameraSettings windows.printTaskSettings
                                       windows.print3DWorkflow windows.activatableClass.collector .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       10000        About to service package Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy. Setting the package state to disabled returned
                                       with 0x80070490.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       339          Registration will process the extensions in the following order: windows.stateExtension windows.applyDataExtension windows.repositoryExtension
                                       windows.capability windows.MRT windows.visualElements windows.alarm windows.autoPlayContent windows.autoPlayDevice
                                       windows.activatableClass.inProcessServer windows.activatableClass.outOfProcessServer windows.activatableClass.proxyStub
                                       windows.activatableClass.downloadUpload windows.gameExplorer windows.search windows.fileOpenPicker windows.fileSavePicker
                                       windows.cachedFileUpdater windows.appUriHandler windows.shareTarget windows.lockScreenCall windows.personalAssistantLaunch
                                       windows.fileTypeAssociation windows.contentType windows.protocol windows.appointmentsProvider windows.defaultPrograms
                                       windows.activatableClass.backgroundPlaybackClass windows.backgroundTasks windows.DefaultBackgroundTasks windows.webAccountProvider
                                       windows.userDataAccountsProvider windows.preInstalledConfigTask windows.updateTask windows.appService windows.appointmentDataProvider
                                       windows.contactDataProvider windows.emailDataProvider windows.internal.filePickerExperience windows.dialProtocol windows.restrictedLaunch
                                       windows.integrityExtension windows.licensing windows.accountPictureProvider AppSync windows.cameraSettings windows.printTaskSettings
                                       windows.print3DWorkflow windows.DeviceSetupManager windows.activatableClass.collector windows.certificates windows.preCompilationExtension
                                       windows.ntServices windows.wmiProviders windows.iisModules windows.performanceProviders windows.eventProviders windows.runTime
                                       windows.DeviceAccess windows.indexedDB windows.MicrosoftAccountClient.SignOut windows.searchIndexer windows.geolocation windows.userDataAccess
                                       windows.repositoryExtension.remove windows.stateExtension.remove .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       827          Capability parsing started for the package Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy
20/02/2019 17:22:29       5252         An internal error occurred with error 0x800705AA. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       306          error 0x800705AA: While processing the request, the system failed to register the windows.stateExtension extension due to the following error:
                                       Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.
                                       .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       316          error 0x800705AA: Cannot register the request because the following error was encountered during the registration of the windows.stateExtension
                                       extension: Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.
                                       .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       5252         An internal error occurred with error 0x80070002. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       331          error 0x80070002: While reverting the request, the system failed to de-register the windows.stateExtension extension due to the following
                                       error: The system cannot find the file specified.
                                       .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       300          error 0x80073CF6: Cannot register the Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy package due to the following error: Package could not be
                                       registered.
                                       .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       605          The last successful state reached was ResolvedDeferredRegistrations. Failure occurred before reaching the next state RegistrationChanged. hr:
                                       0x80073CF6
20/02/2019 17:22:29       339          Registration will process the extensions in the following order: windows.stateExtension windows.applyDataExtension windows.repositoryExtension
                                       windows.capability windows.MRT windows.visualElements windows.alarm windows.autoPlayContent windows.autoPlayDevice
                                       windows.activatableClass.inProcessServer windows.activatableClass.outOfProcessServer windows.activatableClass.proxyStub
                                       windows.activatableClass.downloadUpload windows.gameExplorer windows.search windows.fileOpenPicker windows.fileSavePicker
                                       windows.cachedFileUpdater windows.appUriHandler windows.shareTarget windows.lockScreenCall windows.personalAssistantLaunch
                                       windows.fileTypeAssociation windows.contentType windows.protocol windows.appointmentsProvider windows.defaultPrograms
                                       windows.activatableClass.backgroundPlaybackClass windows.backgroundTasks windows.DefaultBackgroundTasks windows.webAccountProvider
                                       windows.userDataAccountsProvider windows.preInstalledConfigTask windows.updateTask windows.appService windows.appointmentDataProvider
                                       windows.contactDataProvider windows.emailDataProvider windows.internal.filePickerExperience windows.dialProtocol windows.restrictedLaunch
                                       windows.integrityExtension windows.licensing windows.accountPictureProvider AppSync windows.cameraSettings windows.printTaskSettings
                                       windows.print3DWorkflow windows.DeviceSetupManager windows.activatableClass.collector windows.certificates windows.preCompilationExtension
                                       windows.ntServices windows.wmiProviders windows.iisModules windows.performanceProviders windows.eventProviders windows.runTime
                                       windows.DeviceAccess windows.indexedDB windows.MicrosoftAccountClient.SignOut windows.searchIndexer windows.geolocation windows.userDataAccess
                                       windows.repositoryExtension.remove windows.stateExtension.remove .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       339          Registration will process the extensions in the following order: windows.visualElements windows.autoPlayContent windows.autoPlayDevice
                                       windows.activatableClass.inProcessServer windows.activatableClass.outOfProcessServer windows.activatableClass.proxyStub
                                       windows.activatableClass.downloadUpload windows.search windows.fileOpenPicker windows.fileSavePicker windows.cachedFileUpdater
                                       windows.appUriHandler windows.shareTarget windows.lockScreenCall windows.personalAssistantLaunch windows.fileTypeAssociation windows.protocol
                                       windows.appointmentsProvider windows.activatableClass.backgroundPlaybackClass windows.backgroundTasks windows.DefaultBackgroundTasks
                                       windows.webAccountProvider windows.userDataAccountsProvider windows.preInstalledConfigTask windows.updateTask windows.appService
                                       windows.appointmentDataProvider windows.contactDataProvider windows.emailDataProvider windows.internal.filePickerExperience
                                       windows.dialProtocol windows.restrictedLaunch windows.accountPictureProvider windows.cameraSettings windows.printTaskSettings
                                       windows.print3DWorkflow windows.activatableClass.collector .
20/02/2019 17:22:29       10001        Finished servicing package Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy. Setting the package state to enabled returned
                                       with 0x0.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       401          Deployment Register operation with target volume C: on Package Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy from:
                                       (AppxManifest.xml)  failed with error 0x80073CF6. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 for help diagnosing app deployment issues.
20/02/2019 17:22:29       404          AppX Deployment operation failed for package Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_1.7.0.14393_neutral_neutral_cw5n1h2txyewy with error 0x80073CF6. The
                                       specific error text for this failure is: An internal error occurred with error 0x800705AA. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160
                                       for help diagnosing app deployment issues.

I can't seem to get the system to re-register those applications!

Open to any suggestions?  (Please no, have you restarted the server!)

This happens on all users including local admin and new accounts.  Happens in Safe and Clean Boot.

Thanks.

hello every one 

i have a issue with RDP redirection

the problem is i can't redirect just usb drives but not the local drives

i think of some script to run when the rdp session is created on the server and map the usb on the user's computers

but i don't know where to start

i also tried redirection policies in group policy but when you Disable drive redirection it's also assume the usb drive as a drive so i can't use the group policy or other things except some script that map detect the PnP devices on user's computers and map it and prohibit the local drives redirection.

thank you in advance

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 :)

hi,

we're suffering from session hosts that produce black screen errors in a RDS 2016 farm.

already connected users can mostly work, all new connections end up with a black screen.

to resolve the error the server has to be restarted.

i can say that

- this error appears after error 1534 (Fehler bei der Profilbenachrichtigung des Ereignisses Delete für Komponente {709E2729-F883-441e-A877-ED3CEFC975E6}. Fehlercode: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden.) starts appearing in the eventviewer.

- upon checking the registry for this SID i end up at "ProfileNotifyHandler Class app id {E10F6C3A-F1AE-4adc-AA9D-2FE65525666E} inprocserver32, C:\Windows\System32\gameux.dll".

- starting explorer.exe per taskmgr does not open an actual explorer window although the process appears in taskmgr

- tskmgr, eventvwr, cmd can be started without problems

- affected users appear as active in RDS management

- no third party security software is installed

- farm is fully patched

- HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileGUID and ProfileList are ok (no old or .bak entries)

looking forward on how to resolve this without  rebooting the server or a permanent fix

thank you

best regards

I've set up a test server with a pooled vdi collection of Windows 7 desktops.  I am able to use web access to connect to one of the desktops using my test account.  However, if I try to use my local rdp client to connect to testhost.domain.com, it rejects the connection as my test user isn't a member of the remote desktop users group on the server.  "Testhost" is the connection broker, so I had expected that by trying to RDP to that server, I would be redirected to a virtual desktop, similar to how a connection broker in a 2008R2 RDSH farm will redirect incoming connections to a farm member. 

My end goal is to connect to these vdi sessions from a thin client, using the built in rdp client.  Is this possible?  Am I doing something wrong?

Also, what is the minimum version of RDP that could be used to connect to a 2012 connection broker / VDI pool?

I do the IT work for a local small business. A few months ago the owner decided to change from one software vendor to another. The previous was a web based application and the new one is accessed through Remote Desktop/Remote Access to a Windows 2008 R2 server. All of our desktops run the latest up-to-date versions of Windows 10, all are HP computers, all get about 50mbps down and 20mbps up. We went live with the system on the first of the month however since the beginning our client desktops will experience odd session hanging/freezing seemingly randomly. I will bring up another program(Google Chrome, Outlook, etc) for a few minutes and go back and it will be "frozen". Although this is inconsistent as I can do the same thing for longer and it won't hang/freeze. When this happens I'll kill the app in task manager. Then I go through the log in process again and it brings up the session just how it was before it "froze" saying something along the lines of "Are you sure you want to restart the connection" with yes and no options. I'll then hit no to continue the previous session and it is like it never happened. This only takes a minute but this happens 10-20 times a day for each of my users and they are getting frustrated.

The vendor says they are working to find a solution and that our problem is unique, however it has been a few weeks and they haven't really said much outside of normal troubleshooting efforts. I cannot do anything server side, that's on them, but on the client side I've tried just about everything I could think of or find. I've tried turning off/on just about every MSTSC setting there is, I've updated all drivers for everything(was specifically targeting network and graphics), I've disabled auto-tuning on the NIC, I've edited the registry to only only allow TCP connections in TS, I've reset our router, and I've tried other remote desktop apps. When we went live and noticed it happening we immediately did a Ping Monitor on one of our hosts for a week and ruled out network/internet issues. I've also remoted in to the server from a Windows 8 laptop from home and the issue was not present. Event viewer show nothing anywhere, it's like it isn't happening even though it is. 

If anyone has any tips or suggestions, I'm open to anything at this point. If not I'll wait around for the vendor to hopefully figure it out. 

In windows server 2012 R2 RDS farm user profile disk (.vhdx) files increasing frequently that causes lack of free space on storage location where the UPD files located. Every day approximately 10-20GB space filled on storage where the UPD locates. When mount and checking vhdx within them the amount of data is much smaller than the size of vhdx disk. Is there any way to prevent increasing UPD disks frequently or reduce/release/reclaim disk space on UPD vhdx files?

Hi,

So nothing like being on the cutting edge......

I have been testing Server 2019 RDS and so-far-so-good apart from an issue with the Windows Search Service.

It appears that in Server 2019 each user gets their own search database EDB file in their profile path (appdata\roaming). e.g.

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\S-1-5-21-3901271148-1553943383-1671037523-1629\S-1-5-21-3901271148-1553943383-1671037523-1629.edb

When they log on and log off; this is connected to the search service and the following event log is generated

Source:ESENT
EventID: 326
SearchIndexer (10896,D,50) S-1-5-21-3901271148-1553943383-1671037523-1629: The database engine attached a database (3, C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\S-1-5-21-3901271148-1553943383-1671037523-1629\S-1-5-21-3901271148-1553943383-1671037523-1629.edb). (Time=0 seconds)

Unfortunately it appears that this process is not very stable and on some logons the database in the users profile does not attach and the following error is generated

Source:Search
EventID: 3057
The plug-in manager <Search.TripoliIndexer> cannot be initialized.
Context: S-1-5-21-3901271148-1553943383-1671037523-1629 Application

Source:Search
EventID: 3028
The gatherer object cannot be initialized.
Context: S-1-5-21-3901271148-1553943383-1671037523-1629 Application, SystemIndex Catalog
Details: The specified object cannot be found. Specify the name of an existing object.  (HRESULT : 0x80040d06) (0x80040d06)

And a few more similar but related errors....

No subsequent logon/off will succeed in attaching the database until the Windows Search service is restarted

I am not testing with User Profile Disks or Roaming Profiles
There is no AV on the server

Any ideas?

Andy

Andrew

Hello,

I would like to create RDS deployment based on Windows Server 2016. Idea is to load-balance RDSH servers via Citrix Netscaler. I have some questions in regards to that deployment. 

Environment: 10 RDSH servers + 2 RDS Connection Brokers + 1 License server. All RDSH servers will be available over NS VIP. 

1. Is RDS Broker server needed if Netscaler is in front of deployment?
2. Will Citrix Netscaler use RDS broker as point to verify whether user has active session or disconnected session?
3. If there is no need to use Gateway/web interface, is it necessary to create collection?

Thank you in advance,

Hello

Im managing a customer infrastructure and I've been asked if it is possible to hide the RDP Connection on the RD Web Portal.

So i am searching for a solution to showcase the option "download the RDP Connection" AFTER a successful Login on the web portal. Is that possible?

Hi all,

I found some interesting errors in the event log. They occur every time a user logs off.

The rds is a server 2016 with user profile disks enabled. The UPDs are set to take all data (no folder selection or filtering).

1) [Warning] User Profile Service 1534

Profile notification of event Delete for component {709E2729-F883-441e-A877-ED3CEFC975E6} failed, error code is The system cannot find the specified file.

2) [Error] Esent 482

svchost (2544) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-xxx-xxx-xxx-2281: An attempt to write to the file "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\Database\EDB.log" at offset 950272 (0x00000000000e8000) for 4096 (0x00001000) bytes failed after 0.000 seconds with system error 21 (0x00000015): "The device is not ready. ".  The write operation will fail with error -1022 (0xfffffc02).  If this error persists then the file may be damaged and may need to be restored from a previous backup.

[Error] Esent 416

svchost (2544) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1454471165-1303643608-839522115-2281: Unable to write to section 2 while flushing logfile C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\Database\EDB.log. Error -1022 (0xfffffc02).

[Error] Esent 492

svchost (2544) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1454471165-1303643608-839522115-2281: The logfile sequence in "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\Database\" has been halted due to a fatal error.  No further updates are possible for the databases that use this logfile sequence.  Please correct the problem and restart or restore from backup.

[Error] Esent 482

svchost (2544) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1454471165-1303643608-839522115-2281: An attempt to write to the file "C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\TileDataLayer\Database\vedatamodel.jfm" at offset 0 (0x0000000000000000) for 8192 (0x00002000) bytes failed after 0.000 seconds with system error 21 (0x00000015): "The device is not ready. ".  The write operation will fail with error -1022 (0xfffffc02).  If this error persists then the file may be damaged and may need to be restored from a previous backup.

[Error] Esent 104

svchost (2544) TILEREPOSITORYS-1-5-21-1454471165-1303643608-839522115-2281: The database engine stopped the instance (7) with error (-510).
 
Internal Timing Sequence: [1] 0.000, [2] 0.000, [3] 0.000, [4] 0.000, [5] 0.000, [6] 0.000, [7] 0.000, [8] 0.000, [9] 0.000, [10] 0.000, [11] 0.000, [12] 0.000, [13] 0.000, [14] 0.000, [15] 0.000.

Any ideas what the reason for these could be?

Thank you!

Hello there,

I have about 60 servers that I manage remotely using RDP from the office and from home.

At the office I have a 19" screen with max resolution of 1280X1024 and at home I have 20" wide screen with max resolution of 1650X1050.
When I work from the office, I have no issues. When I work from home, I first VPN into my machine at the office and then RDP to the different servers. After working from home and going back to the office, RDP opens in a 640X480 resolution and that produces horizontal and vertical scoll bars and I need to adjust it multiple times until it holds for all servers. If I work from home this happens again.

is there a registry setting that I can force RDP to always start in full screen regardless of resolution used? I've been googling it for a little while and came up with nothing.

I am using Windows Vista Business 32bit with RDP v6.0 at the office and Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit with the original RDP client at home, if that makes any difference.

Thank you,

It was a simple process to change the scaling of text/icons with 2012 RDP users by going to Display Settings and changing the scaling from 100% to 150%.

Can't seem to get there with Windows 2019. User is on Windows 7 so they are using an older RDP client. When you go to Display settings in their session it says Display settings can't be changed in an RDP session and everything is grayed out. Even when you hit Advanced the scaling is grayed out.

Thanks for any feedback.

Hello everyone,

We currently have an RDS collection set up with high availability connection brokers.

In our collection settings, we have redirection enabled for any type of drives and shown here:

As expected, when a user logs into their RDS Desktop, all of their local drives get redirected to their remote desktop (including any network drives they have mapped locally):

What we're looking to do is to only redirect the C: drive, the D: drive, and the E: drive. Our network drives begin on F: so that we have room for USB drives on D: and E:.

As a quick test, I've tried to redirect only the C: drive. So, I went on to our connection broker and typed in the following PowerShell command:

Set-RDSessionCollectionConfiguration -CollectionName "CollectionTest" -CustomRdpProperty "drivestoredirect:s:C:"

The command ran successfully and since we have two connection brokers, I went to make sure that the registry got updated on both connection brokers. And alas, it replicated on both connection brokers (as expected):

I logged into our desktop published by our RDS collection and found out that this didn't work.All of our drives are still being redirected. I went ahead and rebooted the remote desktop session host (RDSH) and all network drives are still being redirected.

I tried entering the command in again, however this time, I added the other two drives that I want to be redirected:

Set-RDSessionCollectionConfiguration -CollectionName "CollectionTest" -CustomRdpProperty "drivestoredirect:s:C:D:E:"

I followed the same process, making sure that the registry had updated on both connection brokers, etc. and still no results. All of the local drives are still being redirected.

Is there a part I'm missing here? Am I typing in the wrong command? Any insight would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks

Hello,

I can log into my RDS session on Windows 10 without issue, however using the exact credentials in the exact network on a Windows 8.1 PC, the RDS session will not connect. 

Are there any other configurations or patches required for 8.1 to work?

Thank You,

Franjisk 

Hi,

We have a Server 2016 with Remote Desktop Services enable but we can't connect to it anymore (it worked before).

We tried a lot of things already but not solved it yet. It seems the RDS isn't accepting connections on port 3389.

- telnet to it on port 3389 not working

- ping does work

- verified the port setting in registry

- rebooted the server

- added a separate rule to allow 3389 always

- netstat -an doesn't show an listening port on 3389

Someone an idea?

Kr Kevin