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Category Archives: Remote Desktop
GUI to log off Remote Desktop users by non-admins
I’ve blogged about the issues with the well-intentioned but ill-though-out Remote Desktop Management Server concept in Windows Server 2012 (inc R2) before, trying to come up with workarounds to all the things you used to be able to do easily … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Remote Desktop, Windows
Tagged delegate, gridview, log off, logoff, powershell, query user, quser, rds, remote desktop, terminal server, terminal services, tsadmin
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PowerShell script to update RDMS server list
Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 is great in many ways, but it has some serious flaws. One of these is the pretty terrible so-called Remote Desktop Management Server concept. This is actually just some functionality built into Server … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Remote Desktop, Windows
Tagged 2012, add, deployment, desktop, Get-ConnectionBrokerHighAvailability, Get-RDServer, management, module, pool, powershell, psm1, rdms, remote, script, server, windows, xml
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Why I’m not deploying Windows desktops using Remote Desktop Services
…even though some of the improvements in the Remote Desktop technology are excellent. Background I’ve been running hundreds of thin client Windows desktops from Citrix for well over ten years, starting with Metaframe 1.8 on Windows NT4 Terminal Server Edition right through … Continue reading
RDSH 2012 R2: Shadow Users without Connection Broker admin rights
It seems as though the only way to use the PowerShell Get-RDUserSession cmdlet against the Connection Broker is if the user running the command is a member of the Administrators group on the Connection Broker server. This might be undesirable…! This … Continue reading
Posted in Remote Desktop, Windows
Tagged 2012, administrator, connection broker, database, get-rdusersession, gui, r2, rdsh, rights, shadow, shadowing, sql, user, without
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PowerShell: Finding user sessions on RDSH servers
If you’ve been working with Citrix Metaframe/Presentation Server/XenApp and/or Microsoft Terminal Server/Terminal Services/Remote Desktop Session Host for a while you’ll probably be familiar with the command line utility quser (or query user). It returns a tabular output showing details of … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Remote Desktop, Scripting
Tagged find, powershell, query, quser, remote desktop, session, terminal server, user, windows, wmi
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Basic RDS 2012 R2 Shadowing Console
Whereas older versions of Windows had the tsadmin.exe utility, Server 2012 R2 doesn’t have anything equivalent. Helpdesk staff need a simple, easy to manage and configure console to allow them to shadow Remote Desktop users. Luckily this is pretty easy to achieve … Continue reading
Posted in PowerShell, Remote Desktop, Scripting
Tagged 2012, 2012 r2, console, helpdesk, r2, rds, remote desktop, script, shadow, shadowing, support
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Internet Explorer 10 not saving cookies when Roaming Profile used
Have just upgraded my Windows Server 2008 R2 XenApp 5.0 servers from IE 9 to IE 10 and noticed that cookies were not working after a logoff. Everything was fine whilst the user was logged on, so cookies were working … Continue reading
Posted in Remote Desktop, Windows
Tagged 10, appdata, cookies, ie, ie10, local, profile, roaming, webcachev01, windows
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Remote Desktop Connection: Can’t connect
On trying to connect to a Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Session Host published desktop I got the following error from my Remote Desktop Client: Remote Desktop Connection This computer can’t connect to the remote computer. Try connecting again. If … Continue reading
Posted in Remote Desktop, Windows
Tagged 1296, 1306, 2012, 802, connection broker, event, rdsh, remote desktop, server, session host, windows
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