Reset Windows Server RDS 120 Day Grace Period

The RD Licensing grace period has expired and the service has not registered with a license server with installed licenses. A RD Licensing server is required for continuous operation. A Remote Desktop Session Host server can operate without a license server for 120 days after initial start up.  To reset the timer and again avail Read more about Reset Windows Server RDS 120 Day Grace Period[…]

Overview of .rdp file settings

On this page you will find an overview of most of the available .rdp file settings which can be used with the /o command line switch. All settings must be specified using the .rdp file style syntax: option:type:value Examples: alternate shell:s:notepad.exe keyboardhook:i:2 Note: The information in this overview is largely compiled from this article at Read more about Overview of .rdp file settings[…]

Change a RemoteApp Program icon in Windows 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 RD Web Access

Can we change the icon for a Published RemoteApp? Yes. Open an administrative Powershell prompt and type the following command: Get-RDRemoteApp -alias “notepad” | fl This will show all properties for the RemoteApp with “notepad” as alias: CollectionName      : RemoteApps Alias               : notepad DisplayName         : Windows Update Log FolderName          : Logfiles FilePath            : C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe FileVirtualPath     Read more about Change a RemoteApp Program icon in Windows 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 RD Web Access[…]

Remote Desktop Connection Broker Client failed while getting redirection packet from Connection Broker. User : Error: Remote Desktop Connection Broker is not ready for RPC communication.

I was getting this in my event log and users could no longer connect to RDS when trialling it – Event ID – 1296 Remote Desktop Connection Broker Client failed while getting redirection packet from Connection Broker. User : DOMAIN\USER Error: Remote Desktop Connection Broker is not ready for RPC communication. and then Event ID Read more about Remote Desktop Connection Broker Client failed while getting redirection packet from Connection Broker. User : Error: Remote Desktop Connection Broker is not ready for RPC communication.[…]

Installing Windows Photo Viewer on RDS

Few posts on the internet of how and why but il just get to the bit where we get it working… Normally you would install Desktop Experience but this includes a lot of tools that you probably wont need. So…. To install Windows Photo Viewer on an RDS server there are three simple steps you Read more about Installing Windows Photo Viewer on RDS[…]