Maximum simultaneous connections supportedto RD Gateway Server 2019

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Maximum simultaneous connections supportedto RD Gateway Server 2019

Tejinder Singh Kang 1

What are the maximum simultaneous connections supported to RD Gateway Server 2019?

Below is the Server Specification:-

Windows Server 2019 Datacenter
CPU:- 24 Core
RAM:- 128 GB
Remote Users:- 500

Kindly let me know my server support 500 user connection on RD gateway with the given specification?

Anonymous

2020-08-04T06:46:22.873+00:00

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Anonymous

2020-08-07T05:27:27.887+00:00

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Anonymous

2020-08-04T06:46:22.873+00:00

Hi,

Have you checked if the answer helps?

If it helps, please do not forget to accept the answer.

Thanks,
Eleven
Anonymous

2020-08-07T05:27:27.887+00:00

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Could you please check the answer?

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Eleven

Answer 1

Hi,

On server 2019 if you have the RD Gateway configured to allow maximum supported (the default), you are effectively setting it to unlimited. In pre-2012 versions there was limit of 250 for Standard vs Unlimited for Datacenter. Of course the RD Gateway needs to have enough CPU/RAM/etc. to handle the load. Depending on your specific needs you could consider having multiple RD Gateway servers in load-balanced configuration. In Azure you would have load balance in front of the RD Gateways. One benefit of having multiple RD Gateways in load-balanced configuration is the ability to better handle servicing and/or failures.

You can follow below steps to limit the maximum number of simultaneous connections through a Remote Desktop Gateway server.

On the RD Gateway server, open Server Manager ->Administrative Tools ->Remote Desktop Services ->Remote Desktop Gateway Manager.
In the Remote Desktop Gateway Manager console tree, right-click the local RD Gateway server, and then click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box for the RD Gateway server, on the General tab, under Maximum Connections, do one of the following:

• To set a limit for the maximum number of simultaneous connections, check Limit maximum allowed simultaneous connections to, and then specify the number of allowable connections.

• To set no limit, check Allow the maximum supported simultaneous connections. This is the default option.

• To prevent new connections from being made between clients and network resources through RD Gateway, click Disable new connections. If you select this option, only new connection attempts will be rejected. Current connections will not be ended by RD Gateway.

Also, please refer to below article of hardware configuration for RDS.

RDS Hardware Sizing and Capacity Planning Guidance.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/iftekhar/rds-hardware-sizing-and-capacity-planning-guidance

Hope above information helps.

Thanks,
Eleven

Tejinder Singh Kang 1 Reputation point

2020-08-07T06:35:22.677+00:00

This is not a clear answer. I have already read these things in other articles.

Kindly let me know my server support 500 user connection on RD gateway with the given specification?
Yes/No

How many connections RD gateway support with given specification?

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Anonymous

2020-08-07T07:33:21.937+00:00

Hi,

The provided link contains the way to calculator the connection number. But please be informed that it is only a reference to obtain a number in theory.

It is hard to say the exact connections in a production rds deployment, as it will impacted by the followings factors:

• Speed, type and number or CPUs installed on the Accops Hyworks Session Host (RDS)server.
• Amount of RAM installed in the Session Host (remote desktop) server.
• Server's Host Operating System, i.e. Windows 2003, 2008, 2008 R2 ,2012 or 2016 server.
• Client settings, i.e. local resource redirection, screen resolution & color depth.
• Other services running on the server, i.e. Active Directory, Exchange, SQL... (NOT recommended).
• Bandwidth available for Remote Desktop sessions (a main consideration for WAN connections).
• End-user applications being used in each session, i.e. Microsoft Office, Acrobat Reader, Internet Explorer etc

Thanks,
Eleven

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