Can I have RDS 2012 R2 and RDS 2019 on same domain

rajashekar 61 Reputation points
2021-10-21T20:32:58.507+00:00

Hi,

Currently, we have RDS configured on Windows Server 2012 R2 and is being used. We have total of 37 servers in our ABC domain out of which 2 gateway servers, 1 broker server, and 15 session host servers.

We are planning on upgrading to Windows Server 2019 and using RDS on them. For that purpose, we spun up a new set of Virtual machines with W S 2019 and joined to our abc domain. I just want to make sure that deploying RDS on Windows Server 2019 wouldn't harm the current Windows Server 2012 R2 RDS.

Thanks,

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  1. cthivierge 4,051 Reputation points
    2021-10-22T14:04:54.497+00:00

    If you plan to build 2 different farms (different RD Broker / RD session Hosts / Web / Gateway) in that case, there is no issues.

    For the licensing server, if a user connect to the 2019 farm and receive a 2019 RDS CAL, this CAL will work for the 2012 R2 farm as well. But the opposite will not work.

    hth

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  1. Dave Patrick 426K Reputation points MVP
    2021-10-21T20:38:12.757+00:00

    Read on here about interoperability.
    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-supported-config

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