I have been asked a few questions recently around RDS 2012 Web services and two factor authentication. The good news is there are products out there which will allow you to add Two factor or One Time Password (OTP) solutions to your RDS environments. So all those high security organisations, yes you can secure and... Continue Reading →
Upgrading ESXI 5.1 to 5.5 – The Shell Way
vSphere 5.5 was released on the 22nd of September and I thought it would be a great time to test out the upgrade/update from the command line. Connect to the Shell using your preferred Terminal tool (putty). Before going a head with this I would check that the update has all the required VIB's for... Continue Reading →
Load Balance an RDS 2012 RDWA Farm Using a KEMP LoadMaster
This Article shows you how to Load Balance RDS 2012 Remote Desktop Web Access services (RDWA) using KEMP's LoadMaster. I am using one Kemp VLM 100 in this example. Configure DNS Create an A record for the NLB Web Address. Creating a Virtual service for RDWeb Select the TCP Port 443 Standard Options: Give the service a Name... Continue Reading →
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