I thought it would help to collate all my current RDS posts onto one to make it easier for you tech's to find things. I will add new links to this post when i publish new articles. Deploying RDS 2012 Single Server – Session Based deployment Deploying RDS 2012 using Standard Deployment Creating a Remote Desktop Session... Continue Reading →
Performance Tuning for Remote Desktop Services 2012 R2
Microsoft produced "Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012 in April 12 2013 which contains information on performance tuning in RDS 2012. Pages 123 to 141 for RDS 2012 Performance Tuning Guidelines for Windows Server 2012
Remote Connection Profiles in SCCM 2012 R2
One of the new features in System Center Configuration Manager R2 is the ability to create Remote Connection Profiles. What's a Remote Connection Profile The Remote Desktop Profile feature in SCCM2012 R2 enables your users to remotely connect to Company RDP capable devices that are not connected to the domain or using personal devices that... Continue Reading →
RDS 2012 SQL AlwaysOn Considerations
The use of SQL Server 2012 Availability Groups in conjunction with RDS 2012 I have had a few questions on RDCB HA recently so I have provided some useful information on deployments and best practices when using SQL 2012 AlwaysOn Failover Cluster Instances and AlwaysOn Availability Groups. The RD Connection Broker role is what controls the RDS Deployment... Continue Reading →
Shadowing RDS 2012 Sessions
Server 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services brings a new feature called shadowing, which allows administrators to view sessions. This can be done through the GUI or through the use of Command Line. As you can see from the MSTSC Connection Usage help Window, there are three new commands that we can use for connecting to end user... Continue Reading →
Configure RDS 2012 RDWeb for Access via Email (UPN)
How to configure RDS Web Services for Email Login. Make a copy of the RDS web Folder before making any changes. Go to the following folder on your RDweb Server. C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages\en-US Open the following file with a text editing tool like Notepad ++. You will need to edit lines 19, 27, and 28 so that... Continue Reading →
Publish RDS 2008R2 Desktop on RDS 2012
This post will show you how to publish a 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Session in Remote Desktop Services 2012 (R2). For information on Deploying a RDSH 2008R2 Server in a Server 2012 environment (Click Here) Publishing a Remote Desktop Session 2008R2 To enable the Desktop Session, you will need to change the RDP Settings located... Continue Reading →
Deploying A RDSH 2008 R2 Server to a RDS 2012 R2 Environment
For all those with application compatibility issues why not deploy a RDSH 2008R2 server to a RDS 2012 environment. In this article I will show you how to deploy a RDSH 2008R2 server to a RDS 2012/R2 environment. I will be showing you how to deploy IE8 to RDWeb 2012 using Server 2012 R2 and... Continue Reading →