Remote Desktop Server – Customisation and Useful GPO settings

Remote Desktop Server – Customisation and Useful GPO settings

User cannot change an expired user account password in a remote desktop session that connects to a Windows Server 2008 R2-based RD Session Host server in a VDI environment

Hotfix Download Available

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2648402

  1. 1. Open the following file: %systemDrive%/windows/web/rdweb/pages/web.config
  2. Set the following value to TRUE: <!– PasswordChangeEnabled: Provides password change page for users. Value must be “true” or “false” –> <add key=”PasswordChangeEnabled” value=”false” />

 

 

Disable IE security in a GPO using reg change

https://4sysops.com/archives/disable-internet-explorer-enhanced-security-configuration-ie-esc-with-group-policy/

 

 

Set Trust sites

http://deployhappiness.com/managing-internet-explorer-trusted-sites-with-group-policy/

 

 

Setup SSO & disable remote app prompt  

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2381.how-to-remove-the-access-messages-and-enable-the-single-sign-on-for-remoteapps.aspx

 

 

Deploying RD Session Host Servers or Farms

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5466.deploying-rd-session-host-servers-or-farms.aspx

 

How to Remove the Access Messages and Enable the Single Sign On for RemoteApps

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2381.how-to-remove-the-access-messages-and-enable-the-single-sign-on-for-remoteapps.aspx

 

 

Deploy Certificates by Using Group Policy

http://www.ervik.as/microsoft/windows-server-2008-r2/3321-how-to-configure-single-sign-on-for-remote-desktop-services

 

 

Enable RDC Client Single Sign-On for Remote Desktop Services

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742808.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2007/04/19/how-to-enable-single-sign-on-for-my-terminal-server-connections.aspx

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742808.aspx

 

 

How to resolve the issue: “A website wants to start a remote connection. The publisher of this remote connection cannot be identified.”

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2011/04/05/how-to-resolve-the-issue-a-website-wants-to-start-a-remote-connection-the-publisher-of-this-remote-connection-cannot-be-identified.aspx

 

 

Do you trust the publisher of this RemoteApp Program? prompt even though the Publisher is trusted?

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/f47bcba9-67bf-45d0-af3f-fd9b9982ee2a/do-you-trust-the-publisher-of-this-remoteapp-program-prompt-even-though-the-publisher-is-trusted

 

 

Create a Self-Signed Server Certificate in IIS 7

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753127(v=ws.10).aspx

 

 

IT: How To Create a Self Signed Security (SSL) Certificate and Deploy it to Client Machines

http://www.howtogeek.com/107415/it-how-to-create-a-self-signed-security-ssl-certificate-and-deploy-it-to-client-machines/

 

 

 

 

 

Makecert.exe (Certificate Creation Tool)

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bfsktky3(v=vs.110).aspx

Tested example (sets the start date to 30.6.15 and the end dates is 20yrs+ later.

makecert.exe -r -pe -n “CN=rdscluster.test.world.com” -eku 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1 -b 06/30/2015 -ss my -sr localmachine -sky exchange -sp “Microsoft RSA SChannel Cryptographic Provider” -sy 12 “E:\Media\Cert\rdscluster.test.world.com.cer”

 

 

About Digitally Signing RemoteApp Programs

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/cc754499.aspx

 

 

Create RDS Farm – Check list

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753891.aspx

 

 

Install the RD Connection Broker Role Service

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732076.aspx

 

 

Add Each RD Session Host Server in the Farm to the Session Broker Computers Local Group

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753630.aspx

 

 

Configure an RD Session Host Server to Join a Farm in RD Connection Broker

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771383.aspx

 

 

Configure DNS for RD Connection Broker Load Balancing

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772506.aspx

 

 

Limit Profile Size

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/the-enterprise-cloud/limit-profile-size-with-group-policy/

 

Note Files deleted from a network share do not go to the recycle bin. They are deleted permanently

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7119aafa-fe55-470c-ae20-568b80c5dcb4/files-deleting-over-the-network-share-drive-is-not-going-to-the-recycle-bin-it-permanently-delete?forum=winservergen

 

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/db181312-bc96-4c3d-b7d6-daa0250b5552/applying-quota-for-user-profile-in-terminal-server

 

Empty recycle bin at log off… GPO log off script –

User Configuration – POLICIES. WINDOWS SETTINGS – SCRIPTS – Logon/Logoff

Add Empty recycle bin batch

http://www.cryer.co.uk/brian/windows/batch_files/how_to_empty_recycle_bin.htm

e:

cd \$RECYCLE.BIN

del /s /q .

 

Types of profiles

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/06/02/user-profiles-on-windows-server-2008-r2-remote-desktop-services.aspx?Redirected=true

 

 

User Configuration – Administrative Templates – System – Logon/Logoff

 

 

SHOW and HIDE ALL DRIVES

      1. A Create one policy for admins with show all drives https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/231289
      2. Create a second policy for all users with hide all drives and a deny apply policy for admins https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/816100
      3. Third policy has all the terminal server config details

 

 

Temporary Profiles Loading

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/3571.windows-user-profiles-service-event-1511-windows-cannot-find-the-local-profile-and-is-logging-you-on-with-a-temporary-profile.aspx

Steve

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