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RD Gateway credentials persistence: Logon Session

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I'm using a domain connected Windows 10 1703 computer. When I save my RD Gateway credentials, windows saves them in the Credential manager with a Persistence of Logon Session. So when I log out or shut down, next time I log in again, I have to re-enter them. Anyone have any idea how to set the persistence to Local Computer so I don't have to enter my credentials every day?

Credentials for specific machines that I RDP to are stored with a persistence of Local Computer, so they persist different logins.  it's just the RD Gateway creds that get wiped out each time I log out.

We don't have any group policies related to RD Gateway.

Thanks.


Alex


How to Activate CAL user in Windows 2012 , when we have only Tracking ID instead of Activation key

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I have brought Windows server 2012  R2 standard. I have license of 15 CAL for  remote desktop session. but instead of Activation key i only get Tracking ID. Now the Question ishow can i activate the RD service on my server by using the Tracking ID. although my Windows is activated by OEM, also i have valid product key for Windows but no information about CAL.

RDS Licensing Server consolidation

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We've two RDS Licensing Servers.

Server A - Windows Server 2019 acting as a RDS Licensing server with its own License Server ID & installed RDS CAL's

Server B - Windows Server 2016 acting as a RDS Licensing server with its own License Server ID & installed RDS CAL's

Can I merge both the servers to one.

I need to move RDS CAL's from Server B to Server A(which has existing RDS CAL's & of course has its own License Server ID) 

Then eventually decommission Server B.

I do understand the process of migrating from one RDS Licensing server to a new server but here I'm talking about consolidating it to one

Thanks

Stretch the screen to dual monitor

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How can we stretch the screen to dual monitor?

Do we need IIS to be running for RD Gateway Server ?

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Hi,

We are using RD Gateway Server (Running on Windows 2008R2 Server).  It is only used by End Users to connect to their own Desktop at office.

We would like to find out whether we can disable IIS ?

Thanks

MAC OS and connecting to Microsoft VDI desktop through external Gateway

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Hi guys,

I am just seeing if anyone has got this working.

I have a VDI environment that is working well, I have external user connect via a gateway to the VDI environment using RSA authentication. 

What I am having an issue with is MAC OS, system. I have downloaded the Microsoft RDP client and installed on Mac Systems. The machine can connect to the Gateway and Webserver. Then can authenticate with RSA and logon to the VDI environment. Yet when they download the RDP file it ends up just connecting to the Gateway host name. Not to the VDI environment. So it looks like the VDI gateway is not being configured on the Microsoft MAC RDP client. 

Has anyone got this working, or know who to get MAC connecting directly to the VDI Desktop through a VDI Gateway with RSA. Please note if I manually configure that gateway I can get this working but that does not use RSA 2FA. 

Thanks for your time in Advance 

Craig 


Craig G

Azure AD Proxy and RDS 2019- Does Set-RDPublishedName script work? (logon attempt failed)

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Well I just wrote a multi-page post here referencing my entire architecture, troubleshooting attempts made, guides read and then got an internal server error when I tried to post it so I'm not going to go through that again, I'll just simplify my question-

Has anyone gotten Azure AD Proxy in pre-authentication mode to work with RDS 2019 in an environment where you alter the published name to prevent certificate warnings due to split domains?

I have everything setup exactly as is described here- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/application-proxy-integrate-with-remote-desktop-services

Internal address points to an internal DNS record that points to my connection broker/rd gateway server.

This all works fine for the RD Web Access Portal, I can login to the external address, get prompted by azure for login, get to the internal portal without errors, login there and can see my session host collection. When I click that collection though I get"logon attempt failed"

This is using Internet Explorer, with the MsRdpClientShell Class addin enabled.

The gateway works perfectly inside of my network, using the DNS address or the server FQDN (though this way will give cert warnings).

I've tried disabling HTTP redirection on the IIS server on the connection broker. I've set the RAP to allow connections to all resources and when that did not work I specifically added the DNS name to the resource list.

Mostly I just need to know if this is even possible or if Azure AD proxy will not work with the RD Gateway using a changed published address like this.

Thanks!

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Edit- Also I cannot find any failed connections in the logs, so it doesn't appear as if the connection attempt is actually hitting the broker or gateway


Remote Desktop to Always On VPN client

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I have a number of Always On VPN clients (using system tunnels) configured at our site...and it would be helpful to be able to connect via remote desktop to the Always On VPN clients for remote diagnostics/maintenance.

Is there a way to register the Always On VPN system tunnel interface as a potential interface for RDP services to listen on? The following registry locations do not have entries for the Always On VPN tunnel:

  • HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\lanatable
  • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkCards

Using Wireshark to monitor network traffic, I can see traffic is being routed as expected through the VPN connection...it's just a matter of getting the RDP listener to listen on this particular interface and allow the connection.


How to install, setup and configure RDP cal license

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Hello!

Have bought 2 cals for my Windows server 2012R2, as I then can have 4 connections to my server at the same time. But I can't find any full documentation how to install, setup and configure the RDP so it will work. 

Got the license server installed, and the cals activated and installed, but only 2 can connect. Looks like the 2 I bought isn't working right.

Does anybody have a fully step-by-step to get RDP to work right??

Desktop background and color

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Hello,

I'm looking for some tips on how to use GP set the background color of the desktop, and/or taskbar (not as important). Server 2016 session host servers providing a full published desktop.

Why?

Some of my sites have low bandwidth so I want to force the background wallpaper to be removed (done), and to change the remaining desktop color to something other than black (not done).

Any tips?

I have:

  • I have used GP to remove the desktop wallpaper. Now the background is black, with a black task bar
    GP > Computer Config > Admin Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Remote Session Environment

This is not the correct setting:

  • GP > Computer Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel > Personalization > Force a specific background and accent color
    (this is actually controlling the start menu colors)

I am hoping there is a more efficient way to control this other than setting a background image of one color and XX pixels in size.


Azure AD Proxy and RDS 2019- Does Set-RDPublishedName script work? (logon attempt failed)

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Well I just wrote a multi-page post here referencing my entire architecture, troubleshooting attempts made, guides read and then got an internal server error when I tried to post it so I'm not going to go through that again, I'll just simplify my question-

Has anyone gotten Azure AD Proxy in pre-authentication mode to work with RDS 2019 in an environment where you alter the published name to prevent certificate warnings due to split domains?

I have everything setup exactly as is described here- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/manage-apps/application-proxy-integrate-with-remote-desktop-services

Internal address points to an internal DNS record that points to my connection broker/rd gateway server.

This all works fine for the RD Web Access Portal, I can login to the external address, get prompted by azure for login, get to the internal portal without errors, login there and can see my session host collection. When I click that collection though I get"logon attempt failed"

This is using Internet Explorer, with the MsRdpClientShell Class addin enabled.

The gateway works perfectly inside of my network, using the DNS address or the server FQDN (though this way will give cert warnings).

I've tried disabling HTTP redirection on the IIS server on the connection broker. I've set the RAP to allow connections to all resources and when that did not work I specifically added the DNS name to the resource list.

Mostly I just need to know if this is even possible or if Azure AD proxy will not work with the RD Gateway using a changed published address like this.

Thanks!

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Edit- Also I cannot find any failed connections in the logs, so it doesn't appear as if the connection attempt is actually hitting the broker or gateway


Web Site and RD Gateway Server ?

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Hi,

We are using RD Gateway Server (Running on Windows 2008R2 Server).  It is only used by End Users to connect to their own Desktop at office.

We would like to find out whether we can disable IIS ?

Thanks


A Remote Desktop Services deployment does not exist in the server pool

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Hi All,

I have a number of virtual server based on mostly Widows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016.

The scheme of the Remote Desktop Services deployment is following:

1 Dedicated Remote Desktop Gateway server

2 Remote Desktop Licensing servers 

Around 100 Remote Desktop Services servers (each has RD Session Host, RD Web Access and RD Connection Broker roles installed)

All of a sudden on a huge proportion of them I can't manage Remote Desktop services and unable to manage a collection.

Tried to restart some servers - Doesn't help

Tried to restart Rd related services - Doesn't help

Checked RDCms SQL database - it s OK and not in any non-functional state

Tried to disable IPv6 protocol on NIC - Doesn't help

Checked roles installation status - 

Checked Event Viewer logs and the only entry I could find was under Applications and Services Logs \ Microsoft \ Windows \ TerminalServices-SessionBroker \ Operational -

Please advise what might be the root cause of this issue and how to resolve it.

Thanks and Regards,

RDS Per User Cals - Downgrade 2019 -> 2012

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Hi All,

I'm attempting to apply additional Per User Cals to several managed service clients' RDS Servers.

Their RDS Servers are a mix of 2016 and 2012R2.

The Per User Cals procured are 2019 so we need to perform a downgrade.

These were procured via the clients Volume Licencing. 

From initial reading it seems that the CALs should auto downgrade on application, however we are receiving the following upon entering the Agreement and Licencing numbers we recieve:

"The licensing agreement data provided to Microsoft is not valid. Check all the information you provided, make any necessary corrections, and then resubmit your request. If the problem persists, try using a different connection method."

This occurs on completely separate environments. 

On calling VLSC support was advised that, to allow the downgrade to take place , the RDS server would need to be taken out of production and I should have a support agent on a call at the time.

This feels a little excessive. Would value any thoughts or experiences of others performing the above.

Many thanks
Kev

Terminal Server - Adobe Reader and IE hogging resources

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I am having some issues with a couple of programs on our terminal server. We are running Windows 2019. The problem programs are Adobe Reader and Internet Explorer. They appear to be taking up lots of resources and I'm hoping that there are registry settings or group policies that I can implement to reduce the utilization.

RemoteApp External Access Issue

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Hello,

I have deployed an RDS server on Windows 2016 Standard with all the roles: RD Web Access, RD Gateway, RD Licensing, RD Connection Broker and RD Session Host. I have installed a wildcard certificate on the IIS (with https binding) and assigned it to all RDS services, including the RD Gateway, and the status is "Trusted" and "Ok".

All published apps are working fine from the internal network. As for the external (internet) access, i'm able to sign in to the portal and see all the resources, but whenever i click on any of them i have a popup message from "RD Gateway Server Credentials" asking for user and password. I'm supplying the correct credentials yet i'm faced with "Your computer can't connect to the remote computer because the Remote Desktop Gateway server is temporarily unavailable..."

Note the following details:

The local domain is different than the external one, and the wildcard certificate was created for the public one.
-RD Gateway in the deployment properties was configured to use the external FQDN.
-Only Port 443 is published to the internet.
-All clients are using Windows 10 (Pro/Ent).

Any help would be much appreciate it! Been working days to solve this issue and read many articles but couldn't find the proper solution.

Thx.

Khalil S.

Remote Desktop licensing

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Good day,

I need to get licensing to allow multiple users to connect to my local server simultaneously, i have tried contacting Microsoft support i had no luck can anyone assist if you have purchased a RDP license before, how do i go about doing that? Thank you.

Kind regards 

Sibusiso  

Limit RDS license distribution

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In our environment I have a number of RDS Licensing servers installed that I thought will only grant a per device license to those servers running my stand alone RDS role that I'm pointing to my licensing servers. However, it looks like all these licensing servers are published to the whole domain and so other systems are nicking my licenses. Can I somehow limit license distribution to only those hosts that are connecting to my RDS servers placed in a specific OU?

According to Licensing Manager I currently have 300 per device RDS 2012 CALs of which 0 are available and when checking those in use there're 55.


yaro


Failed : The Integration components in the virtual desktop are not the correct version

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Hi Experts!

We have an error upon creation of Virtual desktop collection (WIn7) pooled. "Failed : The Integration components in the virtual desktop are not the correct version " I have read any article on the technet forum and saying that "If your template is older, you need to  upgrade the Integration Components.If its newer , upgrade the host." we are currently checking the version using that command below : 

Get-VM |SelectName,IntegrationServicesVersion

Get-ChildItem'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization\GuestInstaller

So My question is, just incase that it is different versio between integration component and host how we can upgrade the Integration component saying on the below link : 

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/795a3280-8371-442b-9b69-2c9559708288/failed-the-integration-components-in-the-virtual-desktop-template-are-not-the-correct-version?forum=winserverTS


Homer Sibayan

Remote Desktop Services Best Practices

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Hey Guys, first post so I apologize if this is hidden somewhere in another forum.  Our company is looking to create standards for user sessions using RDG.  I've been doing some research but can't identify anything solid as to what the best practices would be for user sessions.  Particularly looking to identify the policies below.  If anyone has examples on how you've set this up for your company, any feedback is welcome.  I understand each has their own belief on what is correct for best practices but I'm looking to get a starting point.

Set time limit for disconnected sessions Set time limit for active but idle Remote Desktop Services sessions Set time limit for active Remote Desktop Services sessions Time before screen lock

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