Hi there,
Is there any documentation on how to manually install RDS on Windows Server 2012 R2 without using the new standard deployment wizard scenario? I would like to manually configure and install RDS Farm components but still be able to view the overall deployment.
thanks
Dejan
Hi,
I have an issue where our two brokers will not connect to the failover database when the database fails over.
Our setup:
Database - 2 x SQL 2012 Standard with the RDCB database mirrored in high safety with automatic failover mode.
Brokers/Web gateways - 2 x server duel role servers in different subnets. They're configured in HA mode
I won't include the session hosts as it's out of scope for this issue.
So the RD database connection string has been set to:
DatabaseConnectionString : DRIVER=SQL Server Native Client 11.0;SERVER=server2\instance2,5555;Failover_Partner=server1\instance1,5555;Trusted_Connection=Yes;APP=Remote Desktop Services Connection Broker;Database=RDCB
So when this was first set, the DB was failed over and it worked. It was then failed back to the correct principal but now when failed over to the Failover_Partner it will not connect.
I've confirmed the SQL permissions and custom port aren't an issue.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?
Stephen Turner
recently our security team advised us to enable NLA on remote desktop for all the server and set the encryption level to FIPS Compliant.
after i made these changes on the server i am not able take remote from my client machine, windows 7, windows 8.1 and also from windows 2008 r2 server. getting the following below error :-
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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.
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i have checked my RDP client version and all are supported with NLA but still i am not able to remote in. windows firewall is disabled completely at server side.
if i disable NLA at server end, i am able to remote in successfully, but i wanted the NLA to be available for security reason.
any guidance will be really helpful on this.
srini
I have Windows server 2008 (not R2) server running RD gateway and now finding that any client that has upgraded to windows 8 can longer connect via the RD Gateway server. We are using domain\username to log in as we have always done with windows 7 RDP client (which just worked). After reading a number of posts where certain "fixes" or "workarounds" have worked sadly none of these appear to apply to our setup.
I have made sure that ignore client certificates is set to ignore and restarted IIS, I have chacked the server logs and there are no failed logon events, in fact the authentication succeeds but the session isn't created.
Running out of ideas now...any help?
drac
I have a Windows 2012 R2 with License Manager and RD Session configured but the RD Licensing Diagnoser says that the Licensing mode is not configured and RD Session Host Server is within its grace period.
Hi,
We having some issue with our Windows 2008 R2 remote desktop services, we have a server 2008 R2 ent SP1 that our customer use remote desktop to access this server and run some app on it, last time when I check the application logs I can see alot of these information logs:
event 9003:
The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because a composited theme is not in use
event 9009:
The Desktop Window Manager has exited with code (0x40010004)
Any idea why this get loged? customer dont use the /Admin to access the T.S server.
Shahin
Shahin
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 this is working, but is this also supported scenario?
Hi All,
We have the following hardware for our RD Web solution:
1 Server – RD Gateway, RD Licensing, RD Web Access, RD Connection Broker
1 Server – RD Session Host 1
1 Server – RD Session Host 2
Our environment consists of the following:
1 Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller at the main office, 4 additional 2003 R2 servers scattered throughout our 4 remote offices. Domain functional level of 2003.
Although I have found some really good walkthroughs on the internet that have helped me for the most part in setting up an RD farm, I can’t seem to find definitive answers to my questions. My questions are mainly with the connection broker, load balancing and high availability.
I am hoping that someone could help me find the holy grail of RD web! Please avoid responding with links to technet articles as I have read several of them already. What I am instead looking for is personal knowledge and experience, thank you!
Any personal experience and words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated, thank you for your time!
Hi,
(I apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes, but im confident in the fact that the text is understandable. If not, please let me know. I have used UK English for spelling.)
I did some research and read the following:
(unable to post links, my email needs to be 'verified')
And some MS pages regarding the CALs for Windows 2008 R2 (don't ask why).
This is basically what i want to do:
OS: Windows 2012 R2, possibly 2x because of the RDS role.
Roles Server1: Active Directory and Exchange 2013
Roles Server2: File server and RDS
Users: 20
PC’s: Approx. 15. Not sure about the exact numbers, but i am sure that there are more users than client pc’s.
Users RDP: Starting with 10 but eventually every user will be using RDP, so it might be also 20. The 10 we start with will not have the ability of logging into a client PC but RDP only.
MS Software: Outlook 2010 or 2013, depends on the support by MS.
We are going to start with an AD with a home folder, roaming profiles and an email account. If everything go’s whell, we plan to start letting users connect tot heir workspace via RDP.
I came to the following conclusion and need your input on this:
Hope you guys can help me out on this one, i didn’t expect the CALs would bet his complicated.
Windows 2012 R2 environment with 2 RD Virtualization Hosts and 1 Connection Broker. Both hosts were functioning correctly however I am seeing this error in the event log of one of my hosts now and I cannot deploy VDI collections to this host (the other one is fine):
-Remote Desktop Virtualization Host could not connect to the WMI provider on the Remote Desktop Connection Broker server.
I have tried removing this RD Virtualization Host from the RDS Deployment and adding it back but that did not work.
Any ideas?
I have a AD DC which also hosts the RDS role (2008R2) and has installed an application for remote users. I configured the RDS as:
Now here is what I am experiencing. If I run the .rdp file inside the intranet after succesful logon, the application starts up fine. If I try from outside (plain simple internet, no VPN) I get to the logon screen, I enter my domain credentials, I get to a status "Starting" and finally getting the following error message:
RemoteApp Disconnected: Your computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Remote Desktop Gateway Server is temporarily unavailable.
Obviously there is something going on with the RD Gateway service. I checked under services to see if there is an entry of it and started but couldnt locate it. At the moment I am stuck and would appreciate some help to troubleshoot further.
FYI regular remote desktop on the server works fine, the remote users group is OK as they can connect with remote desktop fine. Remote hosts run either windows 7SP1 or 8.1 fully updated.
Thanks for your help
Setup is as follows
Server 1 - Server 2012 R2 Session Host, Connection Broker, Web Access, Licensing
Server 2 - Server 2012 R2 Session Host
I want to be able to provide load balancing for this environment however whenever i try to add server 1 into the session collection it allows me to but then if i log off i cant log back in using RDP unless i use the switch mstsc.exe /admin and i get the following error message -
"The remote computer server 1 that you are trying to connect to is redirecting you to another remote computer named server 2. Remote Desktop Connection cannot verify that the computers belong to the same RD session host server farm. You must use the farm name not the computer name when you connect."
If i remove the server from the session collection it will then allow me to RDP back into the server and manage it as normal
This article goes over RemoteFX and RDSH for 2008 R2 SP1, but nothing is discussed in regards to 2012 R2 Hyper-V HOSTs for the virtualized RDSH server.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2011/03/25/q-amp-a-microsoft-remotefx-and-remote-desktop-session-host-servers.aspx
My goal is to use a 2012 R2 Hyper-V HOST server to provide RemoteFX vGPU performance to a 2008 R2 SP1 RDSH server. Is this possible? If not, are there any solutions that can provide graphics performance benefits to an RDSH server? If so, are there limitations? What are the benefits?
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 is causing the bloat ?
We have limited storage space on CSV volume for the Proof Of Concept. I have been able to work the round the issue by using the Save State feature ideally I would prefer the VMs left in a running state.
Overview of the environment -
1 Broker
1 Web
1 Gateway
1 Licensing
1 RDS Virtualisation Host (VDI Pool storage via ISCSI Storage (Dedicated) for PoC)
VDI Pool Size - 50
VDI Pool Build
Windows 7 Enterprise
Office 2010
Normal Browser Plugins (Java \ Flash \ Shockwave)
Adobe CS 6
MIS App
Thanks in advance
Steve
Hi all!
I have Terminal Farm: 3 servers - Remote desktop session host 2012 R2(RDSH) and 2 servers - Remote Desktop Connection Broker(RDCB)
I try connect to this farm from Windows XP SP3 with KB WindowsXP-KB969084
and I get error
‘The connection has been terminated because an unexpected server authentication certificate was received from the remote computer.’
All certificate from connection broker I have already installed on XP machine.
I try to connect to one of the three servers RDSH directly, and connect successfull.
I try to connect to one of the two servers RDCB directly, and get same error
'The connection has been terminated because an unexpected server authentication certificate was received from the remote computer.’
I try connect to this farm(or directly to RDSH) from Windows 7/8/8.1 and haven't issues, all work perfectly!
It is possible connect to Farm with balancing by RDCB from Windows XP?
RDP file here:
redirectclipboard:i:1
redirectprinters:i:1
redirectcomports:i:0
redirectsmartcards:i:1
devicestoredirect:s:*
drivestoredirect:s:*
redirectdrives:i:1
session bpp:i:32
prompt for credentials on client:i:1
server port:i:3389
allow font smoothing:i:1
promptcredentialonce:i:1
videoplaybackmode:i:1
audiocapturemode:i:1
gatewayusagemethod:i:2
gatewayprofileusagemethod:i:1
gatewaycredentialssource:i:0
full address:s:NL-S-RDCB01.CONTOSO.COM
gatewayhostname:s:rdgw.contoso.com
workspace id:s:NL-S-RDCB01.CONTOSO.COM
use redirection server name:i:1
loadbalanceinfo:s:tsv://MS Terminal Services Plugin.1.USA01
use multimon:i:1
alternate full address:s:NL-S-RDCB01.CONTOSO.COM
Where is the Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration tool in Server 2012 ?
This is an MMC snap-in found on earlier servers, even if RDS is not installed. In Server 2012, even if the Remote Desktop Session Host role is installed, this tool is still not available.
I'm looking for the Server 2012 tool to adjust security settings like TLS authentication, High encryption level, choice of TLS certificate, NLA, etc.
Thanks!
Dear forum,
Hopefully you could help me solve a quite strange situation. I run and support a Windows Server 2008R2 Terminal Server with a mix of Fat and Thin clients. Lately i have noticed a huge performance difference between the Fat and Thin clients though both work on the Terminal server.
Could it be that the hardware on a Thin or even Fat client determines the performance on a Terminal Server. If so is it possible to block all local resource request regarding CPU or RAM so all the action will be performed on the server instead of on the Thin/Fat client and with it having the same performance across the Thin and Fat clients.
Thanks in advance,
Dwayne Jurcka