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Publishing RemoteApps and Remote Session in Remote Desktop Services 2012

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Publishing RemoteApps and Remote Session in Remote Desktop Services 2012

 

The newest member in the A-Team, Ahmed Moseb, along with Yash, helps us with a neat customization that can be done in Remote Desktop Services (RDS) in Windows Server 2012.

 

In Windows Server 2012, you can either publish the RemoteApps on the Remote Desktop Session Host server (RDSH) or you can publish the full blown desktop. Which means, when you publish an application in the RDSH server, the icon changes from what is shown in screenshot 1 to screenshot 2:

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Screenshot 1: No RemoteApp published

 

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Screenshot 2: RemoteApps published.

 

If you need to give the option of both the clients, then they need to perform the following steps for customizing it and publishing the Remote Desktop as well as RemoteApp icons:

 

1. Click on Publish RemoteApp programs under the Collection Name.

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2. Select Remote Desktop Connection under the RemoteApp programs.

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3. Publish the Remote desktop Connection application to the RDWeb.

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4. The application is published to the RDweb.

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5. Edit the Remote Desktop Connection Program properties.

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6. Click on Parameters and select the Always use the following command-line parameters. Type the following in the text box: /v: <FQDN of the RDSH server> .

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7. You will find the icon now on the RDWeb Page and you can connect to the Session Host server from the RDweb.

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In this way, you give access to the full desktop with the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) available, as well as the RemoteApps published on the same server.

 

Hope this helps. Happy Reading!

 

- A-Team!

Comments

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    It also works if you use the FQDN of the RD Connection Broker, with the added benefit of load balancing across all your RD Session Hosts. Thanks for your awesome articles!

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Hi Freek, When you perform the above mentioned steps, it does the same change to the registry as mentioned in the link provided by you. The registry key change from 0 to 1 from the registry hive might not be supported as it may break the environment unknowingly, but the steps above are completely supported. But you are correct in your opinion that the RDP will launch from the RD Session Host itself. Hope this helps. Regards, A-Team

  • Anonymous
    February 07, 2013
    Hi, Doesn't this result in mstsc being launched from the RD Session Host itself in stead launched from the client? There is a workaround (not sure if this is 100% supported) for this allowing both Remote Apps & Full Desktop by modifying the registry. More info: social.technet.microsoft.com/.../e12b7cae-9560-4d49-a194-7362aeedb8a7 Kind regards, Freek Berson themicrosoftplatform.net

  • Anonymous
    May 03, 2013
    Perhaps this is what they meant when they referred to "Nested RDP connections" when discussing RDP8. I did wonder what they were talking about (I have always been able to initiat an RDP connection to a different server from an existing RDP session)

  • Anonymous
    December 17, 2013
    It also works if you use the FQDN of the RD Connection Broker, with the added benefit of load balancing across all your RD Session Hosts.Thanks for your awesome articles!

  • Anonymous
    January 22, 2014
    Is is possible to point to an app on that server as well? Would be great for compatibility.

  • Anonymous
    September 30, 2014
    Seriously? I have some users who need the session host as their full workspace and some that need just one app. The RD session within a session is clunky and changes the way they work. What a bad design.

  • Anonymous
    December 01, 2014
    Please note, this is not the best solution. Even if you use the FQDN of the Broker the subsequent RDP session will not be load balanced. In order to display the RemoteDesktops option at the same time as the RemoteApps you can use an unsupported registry switch HKLM SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows NT CurrentVersion Terminal Server CentralPublishedResources PublishedFarms RemoteDesktops
    ShowInPortal REG_DWORD 0x00000001

    Thanks to https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/e12b7cae-9560-4d49-a194-7362aeedb8a7/2012-rd-web-access?forum=winserverTS

  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2015
    can i publish a single app from multiple server if yes how?

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2015
    I also feel this is a borderline unacceptable admin experience. My work around is the grab a copy of the RDP file that points to the server before the remote apps are added that make this rdp vanish. I am not sure how well of a long term solution this is but it works.

  • Anonymous
    April 09, 2015
    Can I publish an App and have it interact with applications on the users desktop such as email or Adobe or do the apps also have to be server side? I don't want the user to be using two different versions of email at the same time.

  • Anonymous
    May 18, 2015
    Is it possible to publish applications in Windows server 2008 on Windows RDS 2012?

    Your response is highly appreciated.

  • Anonymous
    June 01, 2015
    This solution worked well for us...however we ran into the following issue:

    Client drives are not redirected because the RDP file resides on the RDSH server and is not being run from the client - the same would apply for any client side redirection.

    We are having to use the registry method for now, however that presents its own issues where the key is overwritten every time apps are published/unpublished.