{"id":1256,"date":"2015-05-10T00:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T00:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2015-05-10T00:43:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T00:43:26","slug":"deploy-rds-on-a-stand-alone-windows-2012-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/2015\/05\/deploy-rds-on-a-stand-alone-windows-2012-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Deploy RDS on a stand-alone Windows 2012 Server"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking to deploy RDS on a stand-alone Windows 2012 Server I found a wealth of information where the authors make the assumption that you will use an Active Directory \/ Domain connected server.<\/p>\n

A Microsoft team blog reference makes what I consider to be a fatal assumption in this reference RD Quick Start on a Domain Connected Server<\/a> in stating that the instructions are suited to a small office deployment or as a proof of concept deployment. My take on a proof of concept is that a domain configuration is a lot of extra work for little value.<\/p>\n

So I searched some more and arrived at Ryan Mangans’ blog<\/a> and his post on the simple Setup Windows stand-alone RDS server<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Deploy RDS on a stand-alone Windows 2012 Server<\/h2>\n

Assumption: Using a single server for a small office and limited user environment.\u00a0 A larger office, more users, more management option would require more than 1 server and separation of server roles.<\/p>\n

Two methods depending on the server status of domain connected or stand-alone.<\/p>\n

Deploy RDS on a stand-alone Windows 2012 Server using Role Based installation<\/strong><\/p>\n

This installation method assumes that the server is not connected to a domain.<\/p>\n

Ref:\u00a0http:\/\/ryanmangansitblog.com\/2013\/10\/30\/deploying-a-rdsh-server-in-a-workgroup-rds-2012-r2\/<\/a><\/p>\n

1. Using the Add Roles & Features Wizard<\/p>\n

2. Deploy the RDS 2012 Session Host Role and the RDS licencing role<\/p>\n

3. This will provide the role of Remote Desktop Services and 2 role services of Session Host and Desktop Licensing.<\/p>\n

This method will not provide some features for management that are commonly referenced for ‘best practice’ as the vast majority of documentation assumes a domain based server has been used.<\/p>\n

Deploy RDS on Domain connected Windows 2012 Server<\/h2>\n

As per the heading this installation assumes that the server is domain connected with an Active Directory. These steps are taken from the Microsoft reference and are included here for comparison to the above stand-lone server deployment method.<\/p>\n

Ref: http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/b\/askperf\/archive\/2015\/04\/09\/remote-desktop-services-rds-2012-session-deployment-scenarios-quick-start.aspx<\/p>\n

1. On the server that will become the Connection Broker, logon with a domain account that is an administrator and start Server Manager. From\u00a0<\/span>Manage<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>menu item, select\u00a0<\/span>Add Roles and Features<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2. Select\u00a0<\/span>Remote Desktop Services installation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3. Select\u00a0<\/span>Quick Start<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4. Select\u00a0<\/span>Session-based desktop deployment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

5. Add your local server to the\u00a0<\/span>Selected<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>list for\u00a0<\/span>Specify RD Connection Broker server<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

6. On the\u00a0<\/span>Confirm Selections<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>dialog, check\u00a0<\/span>Restart the destination server automatically if required<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

7. The RDS session deployment will now begin the install to all the servers and components selected. A progress dialog will be shown and the server will reboot.<\/p>\n

8. After reboot, log in and the progress dialog will be shown again and installation will continue.<\/p>\n

9. After installation is complete, in the Server Manager Dashboard, there will be a\u00a0<\/span>Remote Desktop Services\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>role listed in the left navigation pane.<\/p>\n

10. Selecting\u00a0<\/span>Remote Desktop Services<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>will display the\u00a0<\/span>Overview\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>of the new deployment. From this page, the next steps would be to add \/ specify both the license server and RD Gateway if needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking to deploy RDS on a stand-alone Windows 2012 Server I found a wealth of information where the authors make the assumption that you will use an Active Directory \/ Domain connected server. A Microsoft team blog reference makes what I consider to be a fatal assumption in this reference RD Quick Start on a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-remote-desktop","category-windows-servers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/howden.net.au\/thowden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}