Using Remote Desktop Services Over the Internet

 Note: This article is based on RDS 2008 (R2) and might not apply to RDS 2012 (R2)

This is a landing page for articles about how to make Remote Desktop Services available from the Internet. It links to articles about this, including but not limited to:

• Planning considerations for Internet Access
• installing RD Gateway
• Configuring RD Web Access to Use RD Gateway .

Please add links to more information in the sections below (or add your own sections).

Planning Considerations for Internet Access What is RD Gateway

Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway), formerly Terminal Services Gateway (TS Gateway), is a role service in the Remote Desktop Services server role included with Windows Server® 2008 R2 that enables authorized remote users to connect to resources on an internal corporate or private network, from any Internet-connected device that can run the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) client. The network resources can be Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) servers, RD Session Host servers running RemoteApp programs, or computers and virtual desktops with Remote Desktop enabled. RD Gateway uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) over HTTPS to establish a secure, encrypted connection between remote users on the Internet and internal network resources.

The following changes are available in Windows Server 2008 R2:

• Configurable idle and session timeouts 

• Background session authentication and authorization 

• System and logon messages 

• Device redirection enforcement 

• Network Access Protection (NAP) remediation 

• Pluggable authentication and authorization 

  Installing RD Gateway Configuring RD Web Access to use RD Gateway

  Chapter 1 -: Planning before Installing Remote Desktop Gateway.

  RD Gateway uses the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) over HTTPS to help establish a secure, encrypted connection between remote users on the Internet and the internal network resources on which their productivity applications run.
  To function correctly, RD Gateway requires several role services and features to be installed and running. When you use Server Manager to install the RD Gateway role service, the following additional roles, role services, and features are automatically installed and started, if they are not already installed: 

  • Remote procedure call (RPC) over HTTP Proxy    
  • Web Server (IIS) [Internet Information Services]   
    IIS must be installed and running for the RPC over HTTP Proxy feature to function.
  • Network Policy and Access Services   

  Reference Links -:
  This step-by-step guide walks you through the process of setting up a working Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server accessible by using Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) in a test environment.

• Step 1: Setting Up the Contoso Domain 

• Step 2: Installing RD Gateway 

• Step 3: Verifying RD Gateway Functionality

  Then we can proceed by following the simple Step by Step guide at Microsoft. The guide is very detailed and step by step. Please follow the link to download the Guide -: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=5177