Hi,
i am planing to upgrade my current windows RDS 2012 to RDS 2012 r2.
Any suggestions or any hints would be GREATLY appreciated.
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How to upgrade windows server RDS / TS / RDP 2012 to windows server RDS / TS / RDP 2012 r2 ?
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Virtual Machine Base Desktop Deployment Publish RemoteApp Error
Hi, I got error while i am trying to Publish RemoteApp in VDI as below:
To populate the list of RemoteApp programs, the following requirement must be met on the virtual desktop:
1. The currently logged on user must be a member of the Administrators Group on the virtual desktop.
2 The virtual desktop must be available on the network
Exception: Unable to retrieve RemoteApp programs for the Start Menu
Could anyone help to advise on this issue?
Thanks
Spring
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RemoteApp not started from rdp file
Server: Windows 2008 R2, myProgram.exe installed as remoteapp with alias "myProgram"
Client: Windows 2008 R2
rdp file in use:
redirectclipboard:i:1
redirectposdevices:i:0
redirectprinters:i:1
redirectcomports:i:1
redirectsmartcards:i:1
devicestoredirect:s:*
drivestoredirect:s:*
redirectdrives:i:1
session bpp:i:32
prompt for credentials on client:i:1
span monitors:i:1
use multimon:i:1
remoteapplicationmode:i:1
server port:i:3389
allow font smoothing:i:1
promptcredentialonce:i:1
authentication level:i:2
gatewayusagemethod:i:2
gatewayprofileusagemethod:i:0
gatewaycredentialssource:i:0
full address:s:10.0.30.58
alternate shell:s:||myProgram
remoteapplicationprogram:s:||myProgram
gatewayhostname:s:
remoteapplicationname:s:myProgram.exe
symptom: after inputting credential a blank window is shown without remoteapp being launched.
There is event 9003 reported from event log, however there is no theme enabled on both machines.
Then after juggling with various rdp settings finally only when remoteapplicationmode is set to 0, it can start though in desktop mode. Problem is how to get it working in intended remoteapp mode (this param set to 1), please advise.
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Remote Desktop Gateway 2012 R2. Replacement for TMG ?
Hi.
Because of end of life on Microsoft TMG I'm looking for a replacement regarding how to publish Windows 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Gateway. I will also need the solution for Lync 2013 and Exchange services from public network.
Right now I'm testing Kemp Loadmaster. Is there someone who can recommend other solutions?
Regards
Morten
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BEX error in dhcpsvc signalled i Evnet log when program crashes.
My (Delphi 2007 - Windows 32 bit) program uses both WinInet as Indy (Delphi-based) modules to access webservices over a secured http channel. Our development environment is stuck to Windows XP - there is simply no alternative....So any solution pointing in the direction for upgrade: this is NOT an option.
There is no need either. The outcome works fine, except with one installation: Very often, the program crashes and Event log shows that a BEX error was raised in dhcpsvc.dll. This is (AFAIK) a Windows Server 2008 R2 environment, with terminal services enabled; the program is run in such a session.
the dhcpsvc service has to do - by it's name - with the dhcp protocol. but it is used by internet-related modules (like IE) to get some network information. Therefore, it cannot be removed.
However, there are more customers with a similar environment but they don't have this problem (at least haven't reported it, and they certainly would if it happened on their site). So there must be something in that particular environment that causes the issue.
I found some information to probably solve the rpoblem http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2279689, but since'I'm not a windows specialist, nor working with Visual C, I need some help to get this done.
So there a couple of questions:
* WHAT can be the reason that this happens in one environment and not in others?
* On the solution in the article: can this be used in other environments (like Delphi)?
* Does this solution have an impact on installions on other environments (Windows Server 2012 (plain or R2) , Windows 7 and Windows 8.1?
* As I also found that disabling DEP would help: What is the recommendation for this?
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Always prompted for credentials when attempting SSO to Windows 2012 R2 RemoteApps
I'm working with a client to provide RemoteApps to their domain joined machines and have setup the required 2012 R2 RDS servers to provide the functionality.
I have setup similar systems in the past and been able to get Single Sign-On to work perfectly but for some reason, the same Group Policy settings that normally allow "Credential Delegation" when users launch RemoteApps just won't work on this network.
The users can subscribe to the RemoteApp feed without any prompts but when they try to launch the Apps they get a completely blank user credential prompt (doesn't even show the domain name).
I've been round and round checking other Group Policies aren't interfering with the new settings, setting up new test users and domain joined machines but to no avail.
Has anyone else had a similar problem in the past that they've been able to troubleshoot successfully?
Cheers for now
Russell
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cannot adjust font size under 2008 r2
under 2003 and 2008 users can adjust font size/dpi. 2008 r2 seems to have yet ANOTHER regression and does not allow this.
what gives? why is microsoft going backwards with r2?
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RemoteFX Poor Performance
Hello,
I am experiencing poor performance with a virtualized Windows 8.1 Enterprise. When I do not have the "RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter" added to the VM Windows 8.1 is more responsive (with simple things like moving windows around the desktop) but of course I don't get the benefits of RemoteFX.
I have a bench system setup to test RemoteFX in Server 2012R2.
Host Server:
- Windows Server 2012 R2
- Core i5-4570 (3.2Ghz)
- 8GB RAM
- SSD for VM's
- nVidia GTX750 Ti (tested with other nVidia and ATI cards with the same result)
The VM:
- Windows 8.1 Ent
- 4 vCPU's
- 4GB RAM (non dynamic)
- RemoteFX 3D Video ADapter w/ 4 Monitors and 1920x1200 resolution
The RDP clients I have tested with are Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (RDP client says version 6.3.9600 and Remote Desktop Protocol 8.1 supported). This is all tested on a Gig LAN and the quality of the connection says "the remote computer is excellent and UDP is enabled".
The event viewer on the 8.1 VM shows RemoteFX being used as does the performance counters on the host. Everything is slow and does not really run as expected other then Windows Media Player. Playing HD movie on Windows Media Player it looks great but if I open the same video in VLC it is choppy. Youtube is also choppy.
I have tried disabling the NIC offload in the adapter and in the registry as seems to be recommended in a few different forums without success.
It seems to me that Windows Media Redirection works however the RemoteFX Media Streaming is not kicking in when required or it's not working well.
Using Windows Media Player I am getting average encoding time of about 2ms and frames skipped/second - Insufficient Server Resources is average 18. The other frames skipped options are 0. The total CPU utilization on the server is about 6%. (subjectively quality seems a little less then with VLC but audio is in better sync)
Using VLC I am getting average encoding time of about 51ms and frames skipped/second - Insufficient Server Resources is average 0.1. The other frames skipped options are 0. The total CPU utilization on the server is about 25%.
On other higher resolution movies using VLC I get some average encoding time is almost 100ms.
I ran the Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0 test the DirectX performance on the VM with RemoteFX. With the VM I got a score of 392 and it's pretty jerky. On the host, not using RDP, I got a score of 1108 and it was nice and smooth.
I assume that the perceived slowness is because of the Average Encoding Time. What can I do to improve this?
Thank you for your time,
Seamus
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connection url
I'm trying to set up a remote desktop connection to another computer. So could someone please tell me how on earth I figure out what the connection url is? I know the ISP of the computer I'm trying to connect to, but that doesn't seem to be working.
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RDS 2012 R2 Unable to shadow users on Windows 7 VDI computers
Hi,
I am struggling with a strange issue. In an RDS 2012 R2 VDI setup I am unable to shadow Windows 7 VDI computers.
The Windows 7 VDI computers are all updated with the lates Microsoft Updates including the RDP 8.x updates.
When I try to shadow a user from with in the Server Manager I get an "access denied" error message. I have created a Remote Assistance GPO which enables the Domain Admins Group to perform unsolicited remote assistance. The same GPO configures the Windows Firewall to allow Remote Assistance.
I know this GPO works, because I have no issues shadowing my WIndows 8.1 VDI computers
During my research I have found these registry values:
AllowRemoteRPC
fServerEnableRDP8
Both are set to 1 (Enabled)
When I set these registry values I get another error massage when I am trying to shadow that says "The version of Windows running on this server does not support user shadowing" which is not true since I can shadow my WIndows 8.1 VDI computers :)
Is shadowing Windows 7 VDI computers not supported in RDS 2012 R2 or am I missing something?
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Remove non-working RD-Sessionhost from Remote Desktop Services
Hi,
I want to remove a dead / non-working RD-Sessionhost from the remote desktop services
At the moment it won`t allow me to remove it because the TS server is offline.
Is there a manual way of removing the TS server from the panel?
if I remove the TS server from "All servers" then the Remote Desktop Services panel won`t work because it is missing "TS01".
I accidently deleted the Session host before removing it from the implementation.
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Personal certificate release prompt not showing on user desktop
'Client Certificate Private Key release prompt is incorrectly shown on a different session desktop rather than on the session desktop of the active user who has selected the client certificate to submit to a website.'
I have a client who is have a few issues with personal identify certificates for secure login to various websites through a Remote Desktop server (Unipass). Having read around on the issue I found a few who encountered a similar issue in various technical forums but could find no resolution mentioned in the posts. (I will post these after my account has been verified)
This is a Server 2012 R2 RDS and doesn't seem to be an issue based on the browser which is accessing the website. It has been tested with IE11 and the latest Google Chrome both of which have the same effect.
The behaviour can be replicated while shadowing the user session on an admin login. The user goes to the website, the certificate prompt appears and the user clicks ok to continue. For the user the website then pauses, seemingly processing the logon, however it is waiting for a certificate release prompt to be pressed to allow the website to use the certificate which has appeared on the admin session desktop that I am using, without any visibility of the user. Obviously this does not work in day to day operation.
Just to confirm the following also:
The client certificate is correctly imported and shows up in the personal certificate store of the user. The Third party CA has also been imported into the LM store.
Tried adding websites to Trusted sites in IE to raised integrity level from Low to Medium but that seemed to have no effect.
The issue isn't prevalent on Server 2008 and the personal certificates operate as you would expect, any prompts are directed at the user who is trying to use the certificate to identify themselves.
After Proc Mon traces the issue seems to be because read/write access to the certificate store/registry is denied so it reverts to LM which requires higher privileges and therefore appears on the admin desktop and not the desktop of the user who wants to use the certificate to connect to the website.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a fix for this issue?
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Inaccurate messages about SSL and users in Best Practices Analyzer
I have an SSL certificate installed on the server. In RD Gateway Manager I selected the certificate, which is a valid certificate referring to the external domain name, ie contoso.com not contoso.lan. But in BPA it still says that the RD Gateway Server needs to be configured to use a valid SSL certificate. Is this because it doesn't refer to the internal name? I've seen one article over on the Spiceworks forums that says you need to have a UCC that refers to both the external and internal names. Is this true and could it be why I'm getting this message?
Another problem is that BPA is saying that there are no users in the Remote Desktop Users group but I do have users in there. Strange.
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Using a SAN certificate with RemoteApps for connections outside of the firewall
I have two fairly simple two-server farms on the LAN with gateway servers in the DMZ. (One is 2008 R2 and the other is 2012 R2 in the same configuration) Users connect via the 2012 RD Web Access portal to run the apps on the two farms and all that works fine. The trouble is that when connecting they get the certificate mis-match warning from the session host that is assigned the connection. I would like to get rid of that by installing a SAN/UCC certificate that lists both servers and the DNS of the farm A record so that whichever server gets the connection ca present the cert and authenticate without the warning.
Our internal and Internet domains are the same (pre-dates me) We maintain our internal DNS and the outside world gets its info from a provider. The inside hosts do not exist on the outside DNS, which they don't need to anyway. As I said, this configuration functions just fine except for the cert mismatch business.
I bought a SAN/UCC cert through DigiCert:
Ensures the identity of a remote computer
Proves your identity to a remote computer
2.16.840.1.114412.1.1
The subject shows the dns name of the farm host
The subject Alt Name shows all the hostnames:
DNS Name=rds-farm.myDomain.com
DNS Name=server1.myDomain.com
DNS Name=server2.myDomain.com
DNS Name=server3.myDomain.com (There isn't actually a server3 at this point but I figured I might as well add it for possible expansion)The cert chains properly back to DigiCert.
On the 2012 install, when I try to add the cert for Connection Broker - Publishing it comes back with the following message:
"The specified certificate is not valid. The certificate properties must match the requirements of the role service."
So what are the requirements that don't match and what do I need to do to rekey this cert correctly?
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How to stop 8.1 Windows tablet adjusting resolution on other computer
Hi, I'm using the tablet to connect to a computer with dual 24 inch screens, at the moment the tablet adjusts the resolution down to one screen and fits it to the tablet. Is it possible to prevent this happening and instead be able to scroll around the desktop? I tried mstsc span but that didn't work.
Thanks.
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Server 2012 RDWeb services on Android?
we have a Server 2012 setup with RDWeb running. We can connect from and Windows PC and run the published apps just fine. When we try with an Android device we can see the web page and tap (click) on a published app icon, which then downloads something but nothing happens.
We tried installing the RDWEB app from the Google Play store but we get an invalid file error message when we try to run an app from the RDWeb interface.
What do we need to do to make this work on an android device?
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how to enble trackpad gestures during a remote dekstop session to windows server 2012
Hello, do you know a trick to enable trackpad gesture as, swype, double touch and so on duringa remote dekstop connection to windows server 2012? because it only recognise the physical mous click,ù and it really annoying.
thank for help
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Server not able to access after change default RDP port
I have a server running with Windows Server 2012 R2 standard.
I tried to modify the default RDP port number from 3389 to 3392 in Regedit tool under key name below:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp
Server is not able to remote access after RDP port change and server restart.
Had tried turn off firewall but is no help. Server is able to remote access once default port is change back as 3389.
Anyone can guide me to change RDP port for Windows server 2012?
Thanks in advance.
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Windows RDP 8.1 appears to have changed behavior and protocol adherence which causes issues with custom virtual channels
- RDP client hangs on VirtualChannel write when using guard with VirtualChannelOpenEvent.
- Packets within MTU limit (1600 bytes) are being fragmented. The splitting of data packets under the MTU is in violation of the RDP specification.
Worked previously on Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012 RTM. Seems to have issues only under RDP 8.1.
Using VirtualChannelXXX (client), WTSXXX and overlapped I/O handle on server ReadFile / WriteFile.
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Unable to install new RDS Session Hosts 2012R2
We currently have an 2012R2 RDS environment running 8 farms across 12 session hosts from one connection broker. Recently I went to provision 2 new Session Hosts (one to a new farm and one to an existing) however they both fail with the following error in the Server Manager Wizard:
Access is denied
The term 'Get-LocalMachineFqdn' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
I've also tried installing from PowerShell without success.
Has anyone come across this before? I haven't been able to find anything in my searches on the web let alone find anything of use in the event viewer.
Cheers,
Ryan.
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