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Follow me and learn Windows Server 2012 – Remote Desktop Services

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Wow I can’t believe I have been at this for 20 days!  Tonight I am learning Remote Desktop Services. I have learned some cool new facts about RDS in 2012.  Let me share some of the things I have seen tonight:

  • Active/Active RD Connection Broker - Yes that’s right now all pieces have high availability
  • Fareshare of Resources (CPU, Network, I/O) – Yup, now no single user can hog all the resources
  • A single management interface in Server Manager for all services
  • Well, two management interfaces we also support Powershell
  • CPU based or Physical support for Remote FX GPU
  • User Profile Disk – This is a VHD to store the user’s Desktop and files

There are Tons of resources on this topic!  I listed some below that I used to study with:

Remote Desktop Services Overview

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831447.aspx

This includes some great lab guides:

  • Test Lab Guide: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Quick Start
  • Test Lab Guide: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Standard Deployment
  • Test Lab Guide: Managed Pooled Virtual Desktop Collections
  • Test Lab Guide: Unmanaged Pooled Virtual Desktop Collections
  • Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Session Virtualization Quick Start
  • Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Session Virtualization Standard Deployment
  • Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Publishing
  • Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Licensing

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Benefits

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/virtual-desktop-infrastructure-benefits.aspx

Windows Server 2012 VDI/RDS Infrastructure and Management (Video)

https://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR314#fbid=Yesz_YUD4Lk

RemoteFX and RDP Rocking RDS in Windows Server 2012 (Video)

https://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR313#fbid=Yesz_YUD4Lk

Lessons from the Field: 22 VDI and RDS Mistakes You'll Want to Avoid (Video)

https://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR317#fbid=Yesz_YUD4Lk

 

Bruce Adamczak

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hi, Your link to video "Lessons from the Field: 22 VDI and RDS Mistakes You'll Want to Avoid" is now in this link:

    http://channel9.msdn.com/events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012/VIR317
  • Anonymous
    November 08, 2012
    Has the RDS licensing changed in Windows 2012 from Windows 2008 R2? Do you still need RDS (with a Remote Desktop License Server) and Windows Client Access License (CAL). Are there any other licenses required?