Questions tagged [remote-desktop-services]
"Remote Desktop Services" is a component of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer. It allows its users to run applications on a remote server, sending only mouse/keyboard input and screen updates across the network. In previous versions of Windows Server it was known as "Terminal Services".
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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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How can I view active remote connections (RDP) to a Windows server?
How can I view, who is currently connected to a server (Windows 2012) with a remote desktop client? I am myself connected to this server via RDP.
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How can I work around problems with certificate configuration in Remote Desktop Services?
I am setting up a Remote Desktop Services farm, and am having trouble configuring certificates for it to use. A demonstration of the problem I'm seeing can be found in Step #4.
At this point I am ...
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Can Remote Desktop Services be deployed and administered by PowerShell alone, without a Domain in WIndows Server 2012 and 2012 R2?
Windows Server 2008 R2 allowed deployment of Terminal Server (Remote Desktop Services) without a domain, and without any insistence on domains. This was very useful, especially for standalone virtual ...
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Mouse cursor jumps around when using RDP
We have over 350 users complaining that their mouse cursor keeps jumping around when typing. It seems like it's happening when the protocol is starved for bandwith, but I'm not quite sure yet.
If it ...
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How often do you restart a heavily-utilized Windows Server 2008R2 Remote Desktop Server (VM)?
Note: I've read How Often Do Windows Servers Need to be Restarted? but this question pertains to our Remote Desktop server specifically.
We have a Windows Server 2008R2 server - a VMware ESX VM - ...
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How to allow more than two Remote Windows sessions on Windows Server 2012 Standard?
Recently setup a new 2012 server. After I create two Remote Windows connections to the server using ordinary user accounts (not administrators), I get this error when I try to create a third ...
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What does shadow /V actually do?
According to shadow:
C:\Users\mark.henderson>shadow /?
Monitor another Remote Desktop Services session.
SHADOW {sessionname | sessionid} [/SERVER:servername] [/V]
sessionname ...
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Find out the bottleneck for windows remote desktop server (Terminal server)
I have Windows server 2008 R2 (SP1) installed on my VMware Host to work as RDS server. Sometimes my remote users can see the lagging/delay on RDS server. Can anyone tell me from their experience what ...
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Using tsconfig/tsadmin in Windows Server 2012 locally
I got used to tsconfig.msc and tsadmin.msc (aka Terminal Services Configuration / Terminal Services Administration MMC snapins) from the previous Windows versions and thus profoundly hate the new-...
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Set-RDSessionCollectionConfiguration Connection Broker connects to localhost
I am running the following command from a PowerShell console on a Windows 8 machine, trying to configure a Server 2012 R2 RDS Connection Broker:
Import-Module RemoteDesktop
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Remote assistance from Remote Desktop sessions: unable to control
Since Remote Control (aka Session Shadowing) is gone for good in Server 2012 Remote Desktop Session hosts, I am looking for a replacement to support users in a cross-domain environment.
Since Remote ...
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Link servers to RD Licencing server
I have around 20 servers that are running at the moment, they are working on the 120 day RDP grace period.
I have now set up a server to act as the licencing server and connection broker.
All these ...
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Connecting to Remote Desktop using proxy and Remote Desktop Gateway?
I have setup a Remote Desktop Gateway server using Windows Server 2012 R2. I am using the Remote Desktop Gateway as an intermediary between to provide the remote desktop session over 443 since 3389 is ...
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RDP Client address is unknown when connecting through a gateway
I've come across a showstopper in my magnificent task to create a printer GPO which maps printers inside the TS session based on the RDP client address - the address isn't known when using a gateway ...
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How install SSL certificate for RDS on windows server 2016?
I installed windows server 2016 for a small company, so I don't need to have domain controller on this installation and for RDS I only need RD Licensing and RD Session Host roles. But only with that ...
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Remote desktop auto start session on workstation login
I am setting up Remote Desktop Services for use by one of our remote offices. The workstations at the remote office are all Windows 7 Pro, joined to the domain. There is nothing installed on the local ...
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Getting "Local Security Authority cannot be contacted" error message when logonHours restricted
I'm trying to define logonHours for Remote Desktop users on Windows Server 2012; Network Level Authentication is required for remote connections. When an account with restricted logonHours (defined in ...
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GPO to Disable Screensaver only when connected via RDP
Is there a GPO option to disable the idle-time screensaver for RDP connections, but keep the idle-time screensaver options for interactive logins?
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All users are TS users as well a local so they ...
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RDS Licensing not actually licensing
I have a few RDS hosts spread over two AD domains. The RDS servers in the top domain (enets.local) are fine, they get their licenses and consume them at a healthy rate.
However, the RDS hosts in the ...
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Your thoughts on vendor requiring all users to login to a MS terminal server with the same username and password
I have a vendor stating that they won't support the Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Terminal Server they are installing unless all users login using the same username and password. They claim this is to make ...
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Ideal settings for rdesktop?
For connecting to a Windows 7 virtual machine on a LAN, what would be the ideal settings to specify when using rdesktop in linux so that it feels as close as possible to using a regular Windows 7 ...
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How is the "change password at next logon" requirement supposed to work with RDP using Network Level Authentication?
We have a Windows server (2008 R2) with the "Remote Desktop Services" feature installed and no Active Directory domain. Remote desktop is set up to "Allow connections only from computers running ...
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Windows Events for Remote Desktop logon failure
According to ref the logon types 10 and 3 in windows events are represnting
Logon Type 10 = RemoteInteractive Logon
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Logon Type 3 = Network Logon
But when i tried to connect a Windows machine ...
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Windows 2012 RDS Server asking for Licensing Mode when it's already set?
I have a confusing situation. I'm setting up a 2012 RDS Licensing Server for our environment. I'm checking under the RD Licensing Diagnoser to make sure everything is proper and I keep getting this ...
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Members of "Remote Desktop Users" group cannot login
I have a domain controller and a member server running W2K8 R2 server. TS licensing is on the DC, TServices is on the member server. Unless I make a user a domain admin, they cannot login: they get ...
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Windows Server 2012 - Accessing RDS via web access from external address
I have a very strange issue. I'm setting up an RDS server in azure for a proof of concept. I've found that if I use the web access using the external URL provided by azure (xxxx.cloudapp.net/RDWeb), ...
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Is there a way to show an RDP session's encryption level from the commandline/Powershell?
For Windows 2008, I need to create a script that will show whether connected RDP sessions are set at "high" encryption or something else (e.g., "compatible").
Does anyone know of a way to get this ...
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Can my DC be used as a remote desktop licencing server?
I was just wondering if my DC be used as a remote desktop licencing server? I am running Windows Server 2012.
I am aware that I can't install remote desktop services on here, I was just wondering if ...
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What is the minimum version of RDP supported by Server 2012 RDS?
We have Windows Server 2012 Standard as a remote desktop server, and older legacy thin clients cannot connect to it. Is there guidance that indicates the minimum required version of RDP to connect to ...
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One Active Directory, Multiple Remote Desktop Services (Server 2012 solution)
What I am trying to do is quite complex, so I figured I'd throw it out to a wider audience to see if anyone can find a flaw. What I am trying to do (as an MSP/VAR) is design a solution that will give ...
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Remote Desktop Server always showing login screen
Usually if you connect to a Remote Desktop Session Host running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 you will be prompted for your credentials and if they are valid you will be logged in to your session ...
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Select appropriate network printer for Remote Desktop based on Thin Client location
I'm setting up my organization's first Terminal Server / Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) for Lab use. We are a college, and I am wanting to use this server (or more servers configured similarly in ...
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Do not allow passwords to be saved with RD Gateway in Remote Desktop Client
I'm trying to disable the Remember my credentials in the Remote Desktop Client via a Local Group Policy or registry.
But the DisablePasswordSaving setting does not have an effect when a RD Gateway is ...
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Windows remote desktop service running, but not listening on port 3389
I just downloaded and installed Hyper-V Server 2019 from Microsoft Evaluation Center (version: 1809/10.0.17763.1).
Now I'm not able to connect to this machine (which I named hypervserver) using remote ...
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Windows Server 2012 - Force Terminaluser to logoff
We provide several Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and one of the connected user can't start any RDS anymore. How can I force logoff of that user?
What I already tried:
I tried logging in as domain ...
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Using Apache as a reverse proxy HTTPS server in front of Remote Desktop Gateway server
I have a small server running several virtual machines, some web servers and also a windows 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Gateway server.
The intention is to have an Apache2 server running on Ubuntu 11.10 ...
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RDS 2012R2: RD Connection Broker HA - cannot connect to SQL
I have a brand new RDS environment I am trying to set up. I'm trying to follow this guide: https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/windows-2012-r2-remote-desktop-services-part-1/ and have gotten ...
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Restrict access to RD Gateway based on IP
I'm trying to restrict who can access our RD Gateway based on both their group membership and IP address (so people in group A can only access the system from IP address X). The Network Policy Server ...
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Remote Desktop & Network Access Protection Issue
I have installed Remote Desktop Services on a fresh Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter VM. It has the basics: RD Gateway, RD Web Access and RD Connection Broker. I've accepted the default values pretty ...
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Apply Group Policy to Remote Desktop Services users but not when they log on to their local system
Running Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 with Remote Desktop Services role. I want to hide the servers drives using a GPO, but not the users local drives when they are logged on to their local ...
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Enable Sound for RDP in Windows Server 2012
I am loving remote desktop in Windows Server 2012. One problem - I can't figure out how to enable sound. The usual remote desktop/terminal services tools are missing in 2012. (See tsconfig.msc / ...
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Why is SiteToZoneAssignment GPO applying, but sites not appearing in IE
We have a Windows server 2012 R2 remote desktop farm, which we have applied a GPO to, to control site to zone assignments.
This was working fine up until recently, but just lately, we have found that ...
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How can I allow users to change their passwords when logging in via RDP?
I am running a Windows Server 2012 R2 server that admins and users can access via Remote Desktop Connection. I have set up the users and Local Security Policy so that on each user's first login, and ...
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Server 2008 R2 How to Change Windows 7 Basic Theme Color
We're deploying thin clients connecting to a terminal server farm. The computers have high visibility to the public and I would like them to at least look presentable and not like something out of ...
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Remote Desktop Connection Denied because the user account is not authorized for remote login
I have set up Terminal Services in Windows 2003.
Which is part of the domain. That server is not DC. It has only one role: Terminal Server
When I'm trying to log in to it via RDP as an Domain ...
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Blank sent to default printer on RDP Win2008R2 with mapped printing
I’ve got an issue with a terminal server running Win2008R2 Enterprise SP1.
My users have remote print mapping enabled (as it is imperative for their day-to-day duties). When they log in, RDP will ...
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To VDI or not? Having a central desktop for a group of old computers
I'm planning to work on a contract with a nonprofit organization that supports low-income areas in the South-east Washington D.C. area with computers as a community service so that people can use the ...
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Assign static IP to Users that access using Terminal Services (Remote Desktop)
For a project I'm working on I'm looking for the ability to assign a specific ip to users when they start a terminal service session.
I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and I tried using Remote ...
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Remote Desktop Services login history
Is it possible to generate a report of past user logins to a Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Services server?
The closest Event Viewer logs I can find are under Application and Services Logs --> ...
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