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Local administrator temporary profile after add server to RDS session host group

Two weeks ago we have to install a new server (Windows S. 2012R2) as terminal server. There was ServerA ; ServerB; and now ServerC We tried to clone the ServerB to ServerC but because of issue with ...
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Move RDS Roles to Another Server

I'm in the process of planning for the moving of our RDS Licensing Server to a new server. I'm currently on Windows Server 2012 and moving to 2012R2. The information I've found on how to do this is ...
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Server 2012R2 Remote Desktop all non-admin users are logged off immediately without getting to desktop

I have Windows Server 2012R2 virtual servers connected to an Active Directory domain. The servers accept both domain user/pass and domain Smart Card logins. All administrative accounts/users can log ...
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RDS RemoteApp File Type Association UI is Blank

I am setting up an RDS deployment that shares RemoteApps to replace one shared session host that offered all apps. There is a single rds gateway and then a couple of session hosts that offer different ...
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RDP screen goes black after successful remote login

We have a Windows 2012 R2 Server that was working perfectly, about month ago, when the administrator tries to connect remotely to the server he gets the login prompt, he enters his credentials but ...
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Best option under Azure to provide remote desktop access to an application?

I developed a desktop app and now I would need that users can use it from a RDP connection. I have Windows 2012 in a Azure Virtual Machine. I understand that I need a CAL license for each user. ...
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Accessing Remote Desktop through VPN on Windows Server 2012 r2

We have 2 networks at my current workplace - an administrative network everyone uses and a "lab" network which only engineers, scientists, and developers use. I have control over all servers and PCs ...
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Application Error SDXHelper.exe module ntdll.dll

I'm wondering if anyone out there can help me with a re-occurring event that I'm getting on my Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS Servers. The servers are running Office 365 ProPlus Version 2003 (Build 12624....
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run script remotely on windows 2012 server

I have a script that I manually have to run 4 or 5 times a day, in one of our servers. I remotely access the server and execute the script. The OS is Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation. Now, I can´t ...
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AD User to be granted logon to RDP server but not locally to clients

I have a member of the "domain users" groups that has stopped working locally on client PCs and only needs to access the RDP server (which he already successfully can do). So in order to stop this ...
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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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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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2012 rds 2016 domain controller

So we have a few 2012 R2 Terminal Servers at my company that were working fine until we started the process of replacing our Domain Controllers with new Windows 2016 Servers. Since then our users are ...
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Steps to add new Windows 2012R2 Server to RDS Deployment

I have a new 2012R2 Server(call it server4) that I want to add to my RDS deployment. Here is our current configuration, all running 2012R2 Server1: RDS License Server Server2: RD Connection Broker ...
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RemoteApp : Save files on client's local profile

I have a RemoteApp collection with all office programs (Word, Excel, ...) on my Windows Server 2016 with RDS installed. When I launtch a program (like Word) on my client Windows 10 and then I want to ...
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User cannot connect to 2012 R2 session deployment, session with no name created and stuck

We have this week, started having an issue on one or two of our remote desktop session host servers running 2012 R2, whereby when a user attempts to login, they are stuck on one of the login messages ...
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A temporary profile created by service if User Profile Disk of RDS collection is enabled

I configured Remote Desktop Service on Server 2012 R2, and enabled User Profile Disk on the RDS collection. Then I configured a Windows service and assign a user account (say MyUser) as the logon ...
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Server 2012 R2 RDSH repeated high modified memory causing OS issues

We have multiple 2012 R2 remote desktop session hosts running on ESXi 6.5U1, and have noticed this week that most of these VMs have started experiencing an issue whereby; Repeatedly through the day ...
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Unable to shadow Windows 10 VDI session from 2012 R2 Virtualisation Host

I have deployed a test VDI setup on 2012 R2 remote desktop services, and when I attempt to shadow a session on one of our Windows 10 virtual desktops, I get a message that says; "The computer name is ...
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How to enable RemoteFX USB redirection between Win 10 and Server 2012 R2/Win 10 VDI

I have created a test VDI lab built on 2012 R2, and am trying to test two things; vGPU on VDI VMs to improve performance of media content on the VM and reduce CPU load on the virtualisation host ...
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Server 2012 R2 VDI number of standby VMs

We are currently testing a Windows 10 VDI deployment built on server 2012 R2 remote desktop services. In a pooled VDI deployment, it appears that the deployment actively keeps 2 VMs running ready for ...
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Windows 2012 Remote Desktop License error

I am exactly in this situation: Windows 2012 remote access can't connect The RDS role was installed erroneously, and the grace period to decide the licensing mode was left to expire; when I ...
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"Access is denied" message after logging in to windows 2012 r2 via remote desktop

I installed the Remote Desktop Session Host server role on a windows 2012 r2 machine. After that, I rebooted the VM and now when I try to log in via remote desktop, after a little while in the log in ...
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Remote desktop services deployment has vanished - Server 2012 R2

I've been working on a new solution recently which is basically a 2012 R2 RDS Farm. In a nutshell, the users RDP to the connection broker which in turn passes their connection out to one of the ...
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RD Session Host 2012R2 Session settings set via GP are not reflected in QuickSessionCollection Properties

I have a Quick Start RDS deployment on one host under Windows 2012R2, domain member. I applied group policies on this host that limited sessions timeouts: Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/...
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Hyper-V Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

We're designing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services using Windows 7 clients and I need some information on how it works in order to see if how we ...
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Some old and all new published RemoteApps aren't appearing

So, here's our situation. We've had a RemoteApp environment for 2+ years, and I've recently been given access to help manage it. I've been trying to get a new app published so some off-site people can ...
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Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services - IE11 Scrolling getting stuck

Recently, a number of our remote desktop users on 2012 R2, have been finding IE 11 occassionaly gets into a state whereby they can't scroll up or down on a page they have been working on. Mouse wheel ...
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Unable to Remote Desktop into Windows 2012 R2 Kimsufi Server Due to Possible Windows Hibernation

I recently set up a Windows Server on Kimsufi's dedicated server plan. I was able to successfully get it up and running and was able to successfully remote desktop into the server. After updating the ...
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Restrict each client to one session per user?

I would like to restrict each client to one session per user. Currently I have group policy set to allow for an unlimited number of sessions per user however I cannot set group policy, as far as I ...
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Disabling IPv6 to allow RDS Installation. What's the real solution?

I've just experienced something for the second time on a fresh VM in Azure. This hasn't happened on Amazon yet, but has happened in Hyper-V on a fresh Server 2012 R2 VM. Basically, I've setup a ...
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Remote Desktop Service - UnifiedSessionId is empty

I've trouble with my Remote Desktop Service Sessions on Windows Server 2012R2. Get-RDUserSession command returns user with empty UnifiedSessionId. I want message to users, make shadown... But it's ...
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SAML Remote Desktop Services Windows Server 2012R2

I want to implement SAML for Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 2012R2. First, is it possible ? Then, I want to authenticate users from another AD with my RDS, like this architecture : https:/...
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How to secure a Remote Application server farm to prohibit users from running unpublished applications?

We have recently deployed and tested a working RemoteApps configuration based on MS Windows Server 2012R2's Remote Desktop Session Host and Remote Desktop Gateway services, that is intended to allow ...
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How do I deactivate an RDS License from a crashed licensing server?

One of my licensing servers crashed (SRV01). I can't deactivate it because its down and when I open the licensing diagnoser on a server in the same RDS collection it says SRV01 is not available (...
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View disk activity (IO/s, MB/s) of a Windows server remotely

Our company does a lot of very network- and disk-intensive processing. We would benefit greatly from being able to glance at which of the five drives on the server are currently being "hit" or have ...
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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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RDS 2012 R2 some users are not able to logon after changed date and time on Connection Brokers

Due to a malconfigured NTP server of ntp.org, the date and time on all our servers and client was set to the date of tomorrow (1/1/2017 instead of 31/12/2016). We've manually changed the date back to ...
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Change RDS Remote computer path in .RDP file

I have a similar problem as listed here: RDS 2012 R2 and Remote Desktop Collection: Change "Remote Computer" value I cannot figure out how to use the command listed. Set-...
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Unable to deploy RD Gateway

I was just trying to deploy my RD Gateway but it failed. The deployment shows succeeded, but the RD Gateway icon doesn't grey out. That means i can still redeploying it again and again. So i went to ...
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How to allow an user to modify any system settings in Domain with Windows Server 2012?

I created a domain with windows server 2012. I logged in with an user account. And with default, this account cant access to Remote Desktop setting, LAN setting, ... and any system settings. I don'...
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How do I connect to an RDS sessionhost farm without DNSRR

I have an RDS deployment on Windows server 2012 R2. There is 1 connection broker, which also has the RDWeb roles installed. There are 2 session host servers; Lets call them shost1 and shost2. I ...
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Remote App and Environmental Variables

So the basics, running a Windows 2012 R2, RDS (Terminal Server), with a published Remote App. Trying to connect with clients running the Win 10 anniversary update, all computers are properly joined to ...
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Error adding RDS license to a server

I have an RDS license for 100 users. I successfully assigned it to one RDS server without issue, but when I tried it on another server I get an error. Open RD Licensing Manager Right click the ...
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Server 2012 R2 RDS does not display connections to one Host, will not redirect WAN users to the other

I've recently discovered an issue on our RDS environment where Server Manager on our RD Gateway server does not display active connections to the one of the Session Hosts in the collection. In that ...
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Network printer becomes inaccessable randomly in 2012 R2 RDS sessions

I've recently moved about 40 users onto some new Windows 2012 R2 RDS infrastructure. They are all logging onto their RDS sessions from thin clients with no local resources attached (printers, drives). ...
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Windows Server - Visual Studio Dev Machine for Contractors

I am setting up a windows server machine with visual studio and multiple users. All users will be working on the same project on different user accounts. 1) Will it be possible to have all users ...
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Printer Permission in RDS envirement

I have a problem in the print management in a multi-site environment, where all users use remote desktop sessions on a HQ server (Win2012R2). All printers are network printers, installed with TCP/IP ...
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How do I move RDP Profile Disks to a new location or different collection?

I have a RDS deployment (2 server 2012 R2 boxes) with a Session Collection setup that users have been using. There are lots of Profile Disks. I need to create a new Session Collection and move those ...
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Windows 2012 R2 RDP - How to force a default desktop background for AD users on remote sessions only?

I want to setup either through a GPO or through some other method a default desktop background for my users when they sign in to our RDP environment. I do not want to force the background on them on ...
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