Microsoft released a new hotfix today regarding the incorrect display of windows when using a Remote App on Windows Server 2008 R2.Article ID: 2682814 – Last Review: April 11, 2012 – Revision: 1.0Windows are displayed incorrectly when you connect to a RemoteApp program from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2Consider the following scenario: You install the Remote Desktop
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Windows are displayed incorrectly when you connect to a RemoteApp program from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
April 12th, 2012
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Connecting Vasco Identitykey 3.4 to Quest vWorkspace 7.5 Web Access
April 11th, 2012
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Quest vWorkspace (http://www.quest.com/vworkspace) can be connected to a radius server in order to accomplish two-factor authentication (2FA) . New in version 7.5 of vWorkspace is that 2FA can now also be enforced on the farm, where before version 7.5 you could only enforce 2FA on vWorkspace Web Access.I’ve been setting up 2FA on vWorkspace 7.5 in a new environment this week using Vasco Identikey version
RemoteApps has a dependency upon explorer.exe
April 6th, 2012
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A new Fast Publish KB article has been released yesterday regarding using Remote Apps on clients where the default shell (explorer.exe) has been replaced with an alternative shell.Article ID: 2695453 – Last Review: April 5, 2012 – Revision: 1.0RemoteApps has a dependency upon explorer.exe”…You can customize Windows client systems to the point of replacing the default shell (explorer.exe), and
How to configure High Availability for RD Connection Broker on Windows 8
April 5th, 2012
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In a previous blog post (BetterHA on de RDCB) I wrote a quick feature highlight of the new High Availability options for RD Connection Broker on Windows Server 8 (Beta). I promised to write a more detailed blog post on how to actually set this up. So here it is!The process for setting up a highly available (HA) RD Connection Broker has changed and improved a lot in Windows Server 8 (Beta). As also
My new article on virtualizationadmin.com “Remote Desktop Server farms explained (Part 2)”
March 23rd, 2012
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My new article titled “Remote Desktop Server farms explained (Part 2)” on virtualizationadmin.com got published yesterday.”…IntroductionThis article continues where we left off in Part 1. In Part 1, we walked through the different types of load balancing solutions which can be used in order to distribute users over multiple servers in a Remote Desktop Services farm. We mentioned that there are four
Test lab guides for RDS in Windows Server 8 Beta
March 21st, 2012
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Microsoft released several test lab guides to get you started with setting up Remote Desktop Services on Windows Server 8 Beta in a lab environment. If you used the labs you can give feedback on the lab pages by rating it and adding a comment.Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Session Virtualization Quick StartThis topic contains instructions for setting up a test lab based on the Test Lab Guide:
New KB: You cannot reestablish a Remote Desktop Services session to a Windows Server 2008 R2-based server. (2661332)
March 19th, 2012
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Microsoft has released a new KB article and fix today regarding RDS on Windows Server 2008 R2. For details see below or browse to the included URL for the original source and download link.Article ID: 2661332 – Last Review: March 14, 2012 – Revision: 1.0You cannot reestablish a Remote Desktop Services session to a Windows Server 2008 R2-based server. ”…Consider the following scenario: You establish
RDS in WIN8 Feature highlight no. 5 E-mail subscription for Remote Apps
March 18th, 2012
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RDS in WIN8 Feature highlight no. 5 E-mail subscription for Remote AppsUsers are now able to subscribe to their Remote Apps using their email address. Users open up their RemoteApp and Desktop Connections, either from the Control Panel or QuickLaunch.Quick launch:Control panel:When they do so the following screen will appear:Here they can also specify their email address instead of the URL
A Remote Desktop Services session stops responding during the logoff process in Windows Server 2008 R2
March 17th, 2012
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A new KB article (2571388) was released yesterday regarding the logoff process on a Windows Server 2008 R2 machine running the RD Session Host role. The cause is a deadlock situation in the Csrss.exe process. To apply the hotfix you must be running Service Pack 1.Article ID: 2571388 – Last Review: March 14, 2012 – Revision: 1.0A Remote Desktop Services session stops responding during the logoff process
