how to setup remote desktop server 2012 r2

#HOW TO SETUP REMOTE DESKTOP SERVER 2012 R2 UPGRADE#

In this first section of the article we are going to publish desktop connections, and after we successfully done this we will continue by publishing applications for our users.

Using RDS you can run remote desktops and applications from this systems or any other one for that matter, as long it runs Windows. Even tough Windows XP and server 2003 are EOL (End of Life) some organizations might still use them. The third benefit and the last one I want to mention here in order to keep it short, is the advantage to use mixed or legacy systems.

#HOW TO SETUP REMOTE DESKTOP SERVER 2012 R2 UPGRADE#

No more extra traffic on the network, no more deployment software needed for this and users can be offline while we upgrade the application(s). If a new version of let’s say Office needs to be deployed to our users, all we need to do is upgrade the application on our RD Session Host servers and republish it. The second benefit I can think of is the ease of management.

Plus, no one can see what they are transferring over the wire since all the traffic is encrypted. Since they run in our private datacenter, we can provide applications and desktops that handle sensitive data to our users because no data or details about the application/desktop will ever appear on the physical device it is accessed from. The first benefit in using a published application or desktop connection, starts with security. From here on, they can work exactly like they’ve been working on a physical PC, but instead they might be working all the way across the world. Once the applications and desktop connections are published, users can access them by using the web portal provided by our RD Web Access server or by using the RemoteApp option in Windows. I’ve said internal users, because to make the applications and desktops available for users outside the company, we need to deploy at least one RD Gateway server, which I’m going to discuss in a future article. After we deployed our Remote Desktop Services infrastructure and licenses it, we can start publishing desktop connections and applications to our internal users.

How to setup remote desktop server 2012 r2