Hi, 

Would like to know if  we can Create a Pooled Virtual Desktop Collection with a sys prepped template of server OS like Windows Server 2012 R2

in Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS VDI Enviornment? We have seen it successful with Client OS like Win 7 Win 8 etc but fails for Server OS.

Kindly confirm.

I GET the following error, please assist as I want to add it as RD-LICENCING I get the same error

PS C:\Users\administrator.000> Add-RDServer -Server dcpserver2.bmc.net.bw -Role RDS-RD-SERVER -ConnectionBroker dcpserve
r2.bmc.net.bw
Add-RDServer : The server is joined to the deployment as a RD Session Host server.
The following servers did not validate successfully.
DCPSERVER2.BMC.NET.BW
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-RDServer -Server dcpserver2.bmc.net.bw -Role RDS-RD-SERVER -ConnectionBroker ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Add-RDServer

1) Is it possible to only use them to store AppData, roaming type stuff?? -- we redirect a lot of things like Documents, Favorites, etc., I know these can be excluded, but we also include AppData in folder redirection, should this be removed and kept only in the UPD??

2) What is a 'normal' size for a UPD?? -- according to one article I read we can set the UPD to keep only the roaming data and the registry data, and this would work for us, but we have 100+ users and I need to know how much storage to expect to use

3) Are UPDs global'?? -- that is, one can't test them by setting up a UPD for just one user??

4) Users have been logging into the RDS servers for several months before we realized we'd never set up anything like roaming profile path etc., does establishing UPDs mean they lose all their settings they had before then must reset them??

We have a session-based RDS deployment that gives everyone a full desktop to work on, and setting a roaming profile path works for one test user but not for another test user and we don't know why.

Thank you, Tom

Hello and please help me solve this mystery of the universe.

We have a citrix farm we recently upgraded from win2003 to win2012r2.  First time they logged on to new server, they'd get a new roaming profile with the format "username.V2".  So far so good.

In an attempt to troubleshoot intermittent reports of profile permission issues, I deleted all the old win2003 "username" profiles from the roaming profile server.  For some reason, this caused new profiles to be created for subsequent logons, and after logout a 3rd roaming profile "username.domainname.V2" was created on the roaming profile server. 

In every case, "username.V2" still has the correct permissions, so I have no idea why a 3rd one is being created.  And it makes no sense that deleting the win2003 profs is the thing that caused it.  Any theories?

 - Jaime

RDS 2012 R2 using 1 gateway, 2 session hosts and (right now) 1 connection broker. If i use RDC (on the local LAN) to remote to session host 1, somehow i end up on session host 2? Because i am using the private ip of session host 1, i am presented with a certificate error that tells me sessionhost1.domain.local. I click Yes and then i am presented with another certificate fromsessionhost2.domain.local. I go ahead and click Yes to verify that i am landing on sessionhost2 and sure enough, computer name of the server is sessionhost2, not sessionhost1.I typed in the private ip of sessionhost1! What is redirecting the RDC to sessionhost2? This happens on both the local administrator and the domain users.

When i RDC to sessionhost2, that one does NOT redirect me to sessionhost1. These are "load balanced" in the collection

Hello,

I am setting up office 365 on an RDS server. my domain used non-routable domain (company.local) so i had to create an alternate UPN that matched the routable registered domain for the company (company.com). the problem that i am having now is that when i have logged onto the RDS and start an office application, i am still prompted with the activation prompt, asking for an email. if i enter the testuser's email and then password on next screen, i am able to register the user and get a token license.

This is not my desired solution as i wouldnt want my users to have to do this every x days. The technet on this topic is very fluffy, a lot of 'Probably, might, some and should' as opposed to definitive answers. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn782860.aspx (under section 'How shared computer activation works for Office 365 Plus').

My domain is already DirSynced with password sync too.

any help would be appreciated on how to automate this process so the user never sees this prompt. ideally, Office should pickup the email and password without the user entering anything.

regards,

InfoAdmin

Hi.

I have notice that Server Manager\Remote Desktop Services\Collections\CollectionName\Connections 

shows incorrect Idle time. It begins count Idle time only for disconnected sessions. 

Even when session was reconnected it continues counting Idle time, ignoring user activity.

Powershell cmdlet Get-RDUserSession returns the same incorrect Idle time.

Only "query user" command returns correct information.

Has anyone else seen this problem? 

P.S. Reproduced on Windows Server 2012 R2 with latest updates.

Hi,

We have an existing RDS 2008 farm which is configured with 1 Connection Broker and two Session Host servers. There is a single name record (rdfarm) that RR to Session Host 1 and Session Host 2. The users open a mstsc and type "rdfarm" and they are connecting to session host 1 or session host 2.

I have been told that the broker server is managing the connections but I don't know how? Like I said they mstsc to "rdfarm" directly and no Connection Broker is specified anywhere.

Are they really using the Connection Broker server?

My understanding in Windows 2012 RDS is that in a scenario where you have 1 Connection Broker and 2 RDSH that if a broker wants to be used to establish the connections then the RDP settings have to be modified (Explained in this blog). Otherwise the only way to avoid changing the settings will be using the RDP through the Web Access.

Is this different in RDS 2008? I am totally confused can someone please help me understand.

Thank you!

I just recently started using RDS applications with my VMware Horizon Server.  The applications work fine but I have a question regarding first time usage of an application.  When I open an office application or any application via RDS, the user has no profile information so they get a variety of pop ups like getting started, turning on microsoft updates, etc.  Is there anyway to hide these pop ups from occurring on first login?  What is the best way to optimize how the application starts up for first time users?

Thanks in advance.

I have an environment with a 2012 R2 RDS server farm consisting of:

RDGW - Gateway, Broker, RDWeb

RDS01, RDS02, RDS03 - Three RDS Session hosts

All users utilize RDWeb to connect to the farm. They navigate to rds.companyname.com and the RDS gateway load balances connections. 

We have a problem, in that there are about 75 old thin clients that are running Windows Embedded 6.0 and do not support a TS gateway. So, what can we do? I was going to configure old school round robin DNS, make an A record of rds for each of the three RDS session host IP's. I never entirely understood how RR DNS worked, is it entirely random? Is this the only solution I have for the old thin clients? What are some problems I might run in to? Purchasing new thin clients is not an option. 

Also, I know that we are never suppose to use RDP for 2012 anymore, and are only suppose to use RDWeb. But, let's say we buy some new thin clients that support RDP 8.1. Can we configured RDP connection to use the RD Gateway? When I try to use RDP on a desktop and I enter the gateway under advanced, and then the RDGW server name under comptuername, it tries logging me directly in to the gateway and does not send me to a session host. 

Hi,

I have purchased some RDP Device CALs under Open License.  I need to downgrade them from 2012 version to 2008.

We currently have 45 installed and just purchased another 5.  This time round we could only get 2012 version, but Ingram told us to just call Microsoft and have them downgraded to 2008.     Sound easy.  I've spent 8 hours over 2 days being bounced around from one department to another regarding this.   I must have made 10 calls and given out my details 10 times.

I got close when I contacted the clearing house, and they said yes we can do that for you, only to find out that they only deal with Retail licenses and not Open Licenses and put me back to the main support number.    After speaking to various people there, one of whom told me very rudely that I would need to reinstall the OS and to contact an IT professional, the last person I spoke to said that I could open a  support ticket at the cost of $390.00 or post to technet for free.  Here I am.

I need to downgrade my RDP 2012 licenses to 2008 R2, they where purchased under open licenses without software assurance.   I am in Australia.  How do I do this please.

thanks.

Steve

Hi Everyone,

I got a strange issue with RDS environment, On one fine morning , we are not able to view the pooled managed collections under collections tree, however if we click on collection you can see it as unknown( below screenshot ). I am able to manage other pooled collection apart from one with 140 VMs with the help of PowerShell. Apart from this everything is running as it should be , however now we are not able to manage it and this is major problem that we are not able to manage settings. 

This checked till now.

1.       All Pooled Managed VDIs are showing unknown.

2.       Only  One Pooled Managed Collection having issue.

3.       Collections are working and behaving normally, Only one Collection with 140 VMs having issue while updating the collection and rest of the collection are accessible and working fine from command line.

4.       No changes in RDSCB SQL database, no job are pending to execute in DB as well.

5.       No Major events related to VDI connection broker.

Getting Below error while managing with powershell.

New-Object : Cannot convert argument "2", with value: "", for "RDVirtualDesktopCollectionJobStatus" to type "System.DateTime": "Canno
t convert null to type "System.DateTime"."
At C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules\RemoteDesktop\VirtualDesktopCollection.psm1:2167 char:22
+         $jobStatus = New-Object  Microsoft.RemoteDesktopServices.Management.RDVi ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [New-Object], MethodException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ConstructorInvokedThrowException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

Server Manager>Dashboard>Create Server Group

Is populated with IP Address data under WIN-12345.mysite.com with Operating System of WS2012R2 has 1 computer found and offers 1 computers selected.

How do I get "Create Server Group Server Pool" to show up in RD Web Access, RD Gateway and RD Virtualization Host under right-click Add "RD Server Pool"?

Hi Guys,

I just have a question on something I would like to implement in my environment.

I have about 200 users and 1x RDWEB server publishing numerous RemoteApps being used by the users in the company currently. I done some research on a broker server and load balancing but don't think this is the whole solution i will need.

What I need is one gateway server https://start@mydomain.com/Rdweb the users will access and 2x RDWEB hosts "Farm1 and Farm2". I would like to group the users between Farm1 and Farm2 for example "Domainuser1 is in Domaingroup Farm1 and Domainuser2 is in Domiangroup Farm2, if Domainuser1 logon and access a RemoteApp he will automatically be redirected to the Farm1 Host and if Domainuser2 login and access a RemoteApp he will then be redirected to Farm2 Host" Instead of the system to load balance the connections I want the system to redirect the connection to where it is configured to go.

Then I can group my high resource applications on one host and the other host the low resource applications and one gatewayhttps://start.mydomain.com/Rdweb for ease of access for the users.

Will really appreciate it if there is someone that can assist me on this.

Thank you

Hello,

I did some search but couldn't find a stable answer. I apologize if this has been asked before.

I've got a Win2008 R2 terminal server in a workgroup environment. The sever has 200 licenses for RDP connections.

I would like to add this server to domain because it is becoming a nightmare to have users login into domain from their workstations, then have another login for the local TS account. Therefore by adding the server to domain, will I face any challenges such as licenses be revoked, services stop working, etc?  I know once I add it to domain, I need to make sure the servername is added to the terminal server group in AD. 

If there is another process, please let me know.

thanks.

Hi, we are replacing our old windows 2003 rdp server with a 2012 one and i cannot remember how i restricted users on the 2003 to only see and use remote desktop connection.

i need to duplicate this on the new 2012 rdp server

any suggestions?

I've seen a lot of discussions about this in this forum, but I'm not able to get this to work. 

I've got a single server with all of the RD roles installed on it with valid licenses. It's behind a router with a single static IP address assigned to the WAN interface with ports 3391-UDP and 443-TCP forwarded to my internal local static IP on my Windows Server 2012 R2 machine. It is part of local domain, let's call it, "server1.domain.local."

Connections from within my local network to https://server1.domain.local/RDWeb allow a published application to run properly. 

When I look at the Deployment Properties of RD Web Access Server it points to an non-editable entry called, https://server1.domain.local/RDWeb, not my external FQDN

I used the, "Change published FQDN for Server 2012 or 2012 R2 RDS Deployment" https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Change-published-FQDN-for-2a029b80 to see if that helps, but it doesn't seem to work. The local value still shows up in the Deployment Properties of RD Web Access Server.

I am likely to be unable to set up a public network interface with the external FQDN on it, namely remote1.domain.com as an example. I need to keep the server behind the firewall and continue using port forwarding with NAT.

When I connect to https://remote1.domain.com/RDWeb I can see the published apps. I've had various failures from this point on. Right now I'm getting, RemoteApp Disconnected" User account not authorized, or computer not authorized, or incompatible method. 

I have a public Cert that works fine. The same cert was used for all 4 required roles. I created a .pfx exported from IIS for this purpose with a third party certificate authority. 

I also tried setting up an mstsc connection with the public external FQDN used as a gateway. This fails, too. 

I used the Add Roles and Features, RDS installation, Quick, Session-based to set this all up. 

I thought maybe my Gateway just wasn't working properly. I uninstalled it, rebooted, and re-installed it. No joy. 

Domain Users can access RDS via mstsc locally. 

I can't figure out where to look next. 

I thought this would be instructive:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/67dfab70-7e10-4e0b-a3c8-63ce776f2355/how-do-i-change-the-url-to-the-remote-web-access-server-in-windows-server-2012?forum=winserverTS

However I'm still getting nowhere. 

If you have any suggestions, please be specific and clear. I expect I'm missing something. For example someone posted this at the previously mentioned page, "1. Please configure the RD Gateway FQDN in deployment settings so that it is set to the external address for your server, for example, remote.yourdomain.com."

Obviously, if I could do that I might not have a problem, but how does one do that in my circumstance? 

Help.

Thanks,

Steven

Hallo!

I have set up a Remote Dexktop Service using the "Quick" deployment method in Server Manager and everything is working greate internally, but I cannot start an app published in Remote Web Access from outside our network.

The problem is that it wants to start the using the internal URL, for example, server.domain.local, instead of the external one, for example remote.server.com.

I therefore want to know how I can change the default URL for the Remote Web Access server and all the Remote Web Apps in Windows Server 2012?

I have allready looked in Server Manager and I can change some of the deployment settings in server manager, but there is no way to alter the URL of the Remote Web Access server. See below images:

Pressing the internal URL only results in opening the internal URL.

This was very simple to do in Windows Server 2008 R2 using the tsconfig tool, but it does not seam to be any way of solving this in server manager.

A possible sollution would be to alter the registry someware in HKLM->Software->Microsoft->Windows NT->Terminal Services. But this can easaly lead to problems due to wrong format, etc. and is probably not supported.

Is there a simpler and supported way?

I did setup an new RDS License server in oud RDS/Citrix environment on a Windows 2012 server.

We are using RDS Per Device CAL. Everytime a license has been requeted we automatically get a warning:

Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Licensing
Date:          9/4/2015 9:11:57 AM
Event ID:      42
Task Category: None
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          N/A
Computer:      Test.com
Description:
An error occurred in policy module "Policy Module for company Microsoft Corporation product A02 has denied new license request with error code 14.
".

Does anyone knows what this warning means and how to solve it?

Regards,

AJ Dubach