Windows Server 2012 VDI: access virtual desktops using smart cards only
I need to create a pool of virtual desktops for users who don't know their passwords. Those users can use smart cards only.I've deployed my test lab which includes Windows Server 2012 host and RD Web...
View ArticleESXi and Gateway Manager
I have a server 2012 instance on an ESXi server, and i'm intending this server to utilize RDS for incoming connections as a test bed for our software applications. I have all the CAL's and the...
View ArticleMulitple Pooled VDI desktops using Windows Server 2012 VDI Redirection
Hi,I am currently in the process of rolling out Thin Clients and wondering if there is away to have multiple Redirection Connection brokers.I currently have a High availability Connection broker...
View ArticleRDWeb Access using Smartcard
Our organization requires smart card authentication or certificates for logging into any systems within our environment. Since smart cards are required, users have no password that they can use for...
View ArticleRDS Gateway Certificate
We are having a problem with configuring the Session Host certificate in our 2012 RDS environment in that the external FQDN (rds.test.com) site name does not match the internal domain name...
View Articlelimiting access to 2012 Remote Apps Web Access by user AND Computer
I am setting up a Windows 2012 remote Apps (session based) farm and the I want to limit access to the site by AD user group (easy part) AND also by computer. This is going to be intranet only, so I was...
View ArticleCapacity planning for RDS (specifically RemoteApp)
We have been tasked with a deployment of RDS after a successful pilot of a single machine deployment. The requirements are as follows:24/7 Availability (this goes without saying)100 concurrent...
View ArticleConnecting to VDI when your in a domain.
Found an odd thing.Logged into Corp Domain on a Corp PC.Connecting to VDI POC Domain.It would sit there waiting to initiate connection after securing and finding VM. Found the problem to be UDP. Once I...
View ArticleRDS on Server 2012 R2 v XenDesktop 7.1
After being a long time Citrix user, I am thinking about moving over the plain RDS on server 2012 R2 but have a couple of questions:-Q/ To enable better graphics experience, I would like to utilise the...
View ArticleWindows 2012 R2 RDS Shadowing
HelloLooking for a bit of help on this one, I have installed a physical server 2012 R2, Installed Hyper-V and Remote Desktop services for VDI, all fully patched.I created pooled desktops of Windows 8.1...
View ArticleRD Web 2008R2 Users Accessing Unassigned Apps
We are restricting RD Web applications with User Assignments in the RemoteApp properties.The Remote App Terminal server is a Windows 2008R2 machine. There aren't any errors that stand out in the...
View ArticleHow to upgrade Windows 2003 R2 Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition and...
Hi all,I would like to know whether I can in place upgrade Windows 2003 R2 Standard edition to Enterprise edition and maintain all the data and configuration especially on the application and Windows...
View ArticleSlow login with RDWeb applications and RemoteApps
Hello,I'm having a problem with a newly created 2008 R2 RDS Farm. Full desktop logins are fast for remote users (under 10 seconds), but RemoteApps and RDWeb apps take about 30 seconds to load (once...
View ArticleSlow response from RD Gateway
HiI have a RD farm with 4 servers on Windows 2012 R2: rdweb01 - Web and gw rolerdcbroker - Connection Brokerrdsh01 - Session Hostrdsh02 - Session HostThe problem is when I click Connect on the Remote...
View ArticleExporting remoteapp with .tspub extensions on RDS Windows 2012
HiI am planning to export some RemoteApps so I can publish them through UAG. The option I get from UAG is to do with selecting remoteapps that has .tspub extensions. I can export the files on if my...
View ArticleRDP screen goes black after successful remote login
I have a Windows 2008 Server that I have been connecting to once a month remotely to apply OS updates. Often, I reboot that server and it uses auto-logon to login and run an application. Today, I...
View ArticleUser profile disk store on a DFS ?
Hi All,i'm going to do some tests for the future infrastructure for SaaS.Actually i'm going to tests the usage of the User Profile Disks. I'm facing to a strange behaviour with the storage of UPD on...
View ArticleRemote Desktop Gateway, can't connect from RDP 8.0 (Server 2012)
I'm racking my brain, I've done this before but I'm doing this in another lab environment . Non-Domain computers (Outside) trying to RDP in via the Gateway (Domain-Internal is working). Certs aren't...
View ArticleManaging RDS/TS printing
Good day,I have seen a number of similar questions to mine in the Forums and even with many answered I do not see any covering precisely what I need. I suspect that the official answer is simply 'NO'...
View ArticleRDS Connection Manager
Hello everyone,I have installed RD Connection Broker and RD Session Host roles , users can established the session its ok untill now but I can not connect to users session that RD session. How can I...
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