Andy M

This will show you what you need to do in order to enable webcam access on an RDS server. NOTE: Using a webcam on RDS will result in significant CPU usage (30%+ in my case). You should recommend that users instead use their webcams from their local computers. The setup is actually easy but I ran into some issues that you'll see below. My configuration: Server 2016 RD gateway Server 2016 RD Session host Windows 10 1809 workstation VMware 5.5 hosting both VMs Built in laptop webcam and Logitech C270 webcam Enabling: If you are using an RD Gateway, make sure that redirection is enabled for the collection (not 100% sure this is required). No further gateway config is required. On the workstations, or on a GPO applied to workstations, enable the setting below: Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/Remote Desktop Connection Client/RemoteFX USB Device Redirection/Allow RDP redirection of other supported RemoteFX ...

This guide will show you how to streamline your sign in experience so that users do not get any security prompts. By default you might see the warning below every time you try to connect to a collection: The Final Result Users enter their password into RD Web We will not be passing Windows credentials to the website automatically since it will not work from external computers, and it might cause some confusion. Users select their collection Users are now on their remote desktop (no other prompts) You will also get a lock on your RDP bar confirming that the identity of the server was verified. Requirements Server 2016 (Most of this should work on 2012) SSL certificate for one domain (Wildcard not required) Remote Desktop Gateway Role Deployed Windows workstations using Internet Explorer My Test Environment Server 2016 Single server handling RD Web, RD Gateway, RD Connection broker 3 RD Session Host servers Internal AD Domain name of example.LOCAL Ext...

If you have ever dealt with RDS you know the pain that is printer redirection. You will have some users that need printer redirection, and others that can't have it because it causes issues(see diagram below). The standard GPO methods only allow you to configure it for the entire server, not per user. The methods below require you to have a Remote Desktop Gateway. Also, this will not work if you have DUO 2FA configured. This Guide is intended to reduce issues with printer redirection. We will be creating a GPO that will enable printer redirection, and a Connection Authorization Policy that will allow us to disable redirection for some users. This guide assumes the following about the site you are working on: Users that have redirected printers will want to have it as their default (this is a hard requirement, but read "Things to keep in mind" for possible workarounds) Only the local computer default printer will be redirected When this is configured t...

Have an issue you can't solve? I offer consulting engagements and can be reached here: consulting[а 𝐭 ]amorales[․]org Last Updated 2020-01-03 After months of testing I recommend deploying FSLogix Profile Containers instead of User Profile Disks. You can find my guide here . Some of the items below apply to FSL Profile Containers.  User Profile Disks (UPDs) are great for load balanced RDS farms since it allows users to seamlessly roam from server to server. The goal of this article will be to configure the RDS and file servers in a way that maximizes performance and reduces the likelihood of UPD disconnects. I'll keep this updated any time I find new improvements. Use FSLogix Before you even consider deploying UPDs you need to be aware of  this limitation . On Server 2012 and 2016 (Server 2019 does not have this issue,  but it doesn't support Office ) the Windows Search index is machine wide. This means that when a UPD is disconnected the user's index data is d...