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Intermittent RDP disconnects

We have a Windows Server 2016 VPS which we use to run company software on it. Users have to RDP to it, each one of them has its own separate session. At one of our sites, we have poor 4G internet ...
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Remote Desktop Connection cannot connect

I have used remote desktop load balancing for about three years with little issue until yesterday, when my some, but not all, of my users started reporting an error similar to the following. The ...
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Restrict RDP access via Username but Allowed via Computer

Can anyone help me with my configuration? So I need to configure RDP access restrictions for certain users and machines. I've managed to do this by creating a GPO rule on Allow log on through Terminal ...
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How to recreate RDS High Availability database if the database is lost?

I have Windows Server 2016 RDS farm which contains 16 servers. All these servers are configured for High Availability and use same database on SQL cluster. If this database would be lost for some ...
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Terminal server without audio card. Is virtual sound over rdp connections possible?

I have a terminal server that is windows 2016. When I open sound in the botton right, it states that there are no devices that support sound (device manager doesn't show anything for sound either). A ...
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Win2016 Server - configure different RDP port on each IP address

I've a Windows Server 2016 configured with two adapter with different IP address, one for front (user), one for back (admin). Actually, they use the same RDP port (ie:99999) on each adapter. I need to ...
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RDP to an Alias

I have a server that has since been decommissioned and I have some services that have been moved over to another server however these servers still point to the old server so I have set up a Cname for ...
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AWS Server Stuck In Unreachable State - Service Become Stuck in "Stopping/Starting" State

I have a development box that is (nearly every night) experiencing the same symptoms: Can't RDP due to the "Black Screen of Death" Can't issue remote powershell commands because the "...
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Remote work with windows rdp

We have 20 Windows XP pc in a Windows 2003 domain controler/ActiveDirecory. In the same domain we have a Windows 2016 "large" physical server (most of the time not in use). Because we have ...
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Windows Server 2016 multi-factor authentication for RDP with Azure AD

We want to require Multi-factor Authentication for RDP login (and local login) going forward on our Windows Server systems. Currently all of our Windows Server systems are Windows Server 2016. We ...
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How to configure 2nd NIC to allow RDP in Windows Server 2016?

Windows Server 2016 running virtually in Hyper-V. I have two NICs each with two different networks. Primary NIC was being used for RDP. I disabled the primary NIC and now I want to to RDP into the ...
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Constant login failures in event viewer with changing ports

We have a Windows Server 2016 webserver that acts as a hosting server and receives constant login attempts. Fortunately they all fail but it's filling our SIEM with alerts for repeated login attempts. ...
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Starting point on how to allow rdp connections when a VPN session starts on the server?

So I need to have our server connect to another server using a vpn connection via forticlient without disconnecting every user on the machine. I looked through forticlient's options and it doesn't ...
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How to configure Windows Server for "Enhanced RDP Security"

According to Microsoft's Open Specification, there are two "flavours" of RDP security: a "Standard" and "Enhanced RDP Security". How can I configure Windows Server to use "Enhanced RPD Security", ...
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Windows Server 2016 - Can't Access through RDP - The Local Security Authority cannot be contacted

I recently setup Windows Server 2016 as a VM on VMWare but I can't RDP into the server. I get the following error: An authentication error has occurred. The Local Security Authority cannot be ...
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RDP-servers freezing

We are running an RDP-farm with four terminal servers (Windows Server 2016). On the servers the main software running is our ERP-software, some users are also running the O365-suite. Let's say we have ...
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Unable to RDP into Server 2016 after adding custom RDP certificate

We have a Server 2016 running AD Certificate Services. Our team was asked to create a new RDP certificate so that the self-signed certificate errors would go away when RDP'ing into the system. Went ...
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Windows Server 2016 cannot RDP via backup connection without default gateway

I have a bunch of Windows 2016 servers on site at a client installation. The client has a single outgoing fiber connection and through some IPSec magic we can RDP into the server when we need to - no ...
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Server 2016 Domain Controller firewall configuration

I have an environment with 12 VM's all running Windows Server 2016. One is a domain controller, all others joined to the domain. When I login via RDP to any of the computers it takes 2+ minutes. Most ...
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Determine if users can RDP after Windows Update

I'm automating windows updates for a set of SQL servers, mostly running on Windows Server 2016. Typically after you install updates you have to reboot, and there is a period of time after rebooting ...
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Create new RDP application on Windows Server 2016

This might be a stupid / simple question, but I need to create a new RDP application link in Windows server 2016, and I just can't remember how to do it. To clarify, I need a link (ending in .rdp) ...
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How to prevent users from installing software on Windows 2016 on Azure?

I have an application server running Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) on Windows Server 2016 in an isolated Azure cloud environment and would like to prevent the users (who login via RDP) from being ...
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How to configure Thin Clients to connect to RDS farm

We have recently upgraded our RDS servers to include a Gateway, connection broker, and two session hosts (RDGW, RDCB, RDSH1, RDSH2). This should allow us to have one session host for sales with their ...
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Allow non-admin users permissions to logoff RDP session of other users Windows Server 2016 using Group Policy?

Is there a way to allow a non admin user permissions to logoff RDP sessions on Windows Server 2016 using Group Policy? Our network consists of hundreds of 2016 and 2012r2 servers so we're trying to ...
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WebCam over RDP to 2008 and 2016 server

I am unable to use my USB webcam as a local resource when connecting from a windows 10 pc to a 2008 R2 enterprise SP1 server or 2016 Essentials server. I am able to use a my webcam as a local ...
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RDS Session host server disconnecting all user profile disks intermittently

I have a Windows RDS solution utilizing user profile disks which are stored on a file server. There are two session host servers which the RDS Gateway loadbalances between. I'm seeing an issue ...
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Is there any hotkey to exit from shadow?

How can I close shadow window without using mouse? Is there any hotkey? My aims is to avoid move user mouse cursor, when I've decided to exit. In Windows 2008 R2 I was able to use Ctrl + * or another ...
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RD App windows locking up when connecting/disconnecting docking station

We have a selection of 8 assorted Dell laptops - Latitude 5490 and 3390, XPS 13 2-in-1 - all less than 12 months old. We also have a couple of different docking stations in use, Dell D6000's and one ...
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RDP user session stuck on "signing out" - server 2016

I've two admin accounts for a remote server, struggling with one of them. The password for both is due to expire in 5 days. Because I have to RDP through 3 other machines to reach this server I can't ...
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Can't RDP to windows 2016 server after reboot, while another computer can

We had launched a windows server 2016 in a VM hosted environment, applied both CIS Benchmark for windows server 2016 level 1 and CIS benchmark for IIS 10 level 1. At this point all of the three ...
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DirectX or Hyper-V In google cloud? [closed]

Okay so basically i want to run some programs thath need Directx , a good alternative would be RemoteFX with Hyper-V but google cloud plataform dosnt support Hyper-V. And RDP dosnt support Directx. I ...
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Unable to RDP to VM hosted in Windows 2016 Server

I have a windows 2016 server, which hosts a VM (Oracle Virtual Box). VM network setting is NAT with port forward. e.g. 192.168.10.17:5001 gets forward to 10.0.2.15:3389 Here are steps I have tried: ...
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How to stop Remote Desktop closing a session due to idle time in windows server 2016?

I'm connecting from a Windows 10 desktop (via RDP) to a server running windows server 2016. Some tasks take very long running processes on the remote server. My problem is that Remote Desktop logs ...
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Windows Server 2016 licensing in a remote desktop scenario [duplicate]

I want to use a Windows Server 2016 instance as a Hyper-V host. This server should provide several Windows 10 VMs to users which connect via RDP onto the machines. Is this only possible with a RDS ...
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Route RDP Through One Server

I have been trying to come up with a solution to enable something akin to "Remote Resources" through RDP where we can have a collection of remote desktops (residing in a remote network, such as AWS or ...
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Win2016 RDS Desktop collection no longer accessible

I have a Windows 2016 solution on which users access a Remote Desktop published by remote desktop services. Its the new version of RDP that comes in via HTTPS through the RD Web gateway and is ...
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Need explanation of tag loadbalanceinfo:s:tsv:

I'm making a rdp file based on my user parameters full address:s:<c_host> alternate shell:s:||<c_appname> remoteapplicationprogram:s:||<c_appname> remoteapplicationname:s:<...
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Using regular profiles in RDS environment with user profile disks (Windows Server 2016)

I deployed an RDS farm with user profile disks that are stored on a cluster shared volume so that .vhdx-files are shared among all servers. It works well except one thing: I can't connect to more than ...
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RDP Server under attack; IP address used is our server address

I have setup a Windows 2016 server for remote desktop access, and installed RDPGuard to block brute force attacks. This worked well for a few days and RDPGuard blocked out a number of IP addresses. ...
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MS server 2016 strd mstsc shadow undefined error after Jan update

4x Server 2016 standard edition running as VM's on Hyper-V. None of the Servers are in the domain. I was using cmd/powershell "mstsc /control /noConsentPrompt /shadow: x" to shadow local users ...
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Allow newly connecting user to disconnect existing Remote Desktop (RDP) session

On Windows Server 2016 we have limited the number of sessions to 2. This works fine but if a third user connects they are locked out, until someone gives up their session. We want to allow the third ...
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Windows Server 2016 how to give shadow rights to a user who is not a administrator?

We're using Active Directory and currently, only our Administrators who log in to Domain Controller can shadow RDP sessions. From there they're shadowing RDP sessions on another Windows Server 2016. ...
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How Can I Pass a Variable Parameter to A Windows RemoteApp?

I have published a remote app, MyApp.exe, from Server X. MyApp.exe can be launched with a variable optional parameter. That parameter can have a larger number of different values. I have downloaded ...
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Cannot RDP from Ubuntu to WS 2016 with Domain User

Im trying to use Remmina to RDP from Ubuntu to Windows Server 2016. I think it's not a Remmina issue since i can RDP with Administrator but i cannot do it from domain users. RDP CALs are installed ok,...
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Windows Server 2016 - Can't RDP with one specific user

This is a new Windows 2016 server. We have three users on it and two of them are able to login without issue. The third one, no matter what we've tried (except rebooting; trying to avoid that) is not ...
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rdpsign failing with error 0x80092004

On an RDSH server running Windows Server 2016, the following certificate is installed: Issued by: COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA Issued to: *.internal.<Internet domain name> ...
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How to prevent logging directly onto a Session Host in an RDS Farm

I've setup an RDS farm in Windows Server 2016. When using Remote Desktop Connection if I type in my connection broker computer name or IP it works as expected and redirects me to a session host. ...
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RDP port change config - no room for error

We've just finished setting up a brand new instance of Windows Server 2016. It's a dedicated server at a local hosting provider. They left our old server up to give us time to migrate things over. ...
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Configure custom SSL certificate for RDP on Windows Server 2012 (and later) in Remote Administration mode?

So the release of Windows Server 2012 has removed a lot of the old Remote Desktop related configuration utilities. In particular, there is no more Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration utility ...
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