

The screen shot below shows the process and the change to the user experience. Users will now see the option to connect to a desktop instead of specific applications. On the RD Session Host server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Services Manager. Once all applications are unpublished, the server will switch from RemoteApp Programs resources to Remote Desktop. In the RemoteApp programs area, select the Unpublish RemoteApp Programs task and unpublish ALL published applications. Ideas: Windows professional will not allow redirection of printers when useing remote Desktop. Navigate to Remote Desktop Services, Collections. We recently upgrade our terminal servers (6 user servers, 4 of which are on a load balance) from Windows Server 2008R2 to Windows Server 2016. Enabling the publishing of a desktop instead of applications is actually a very simple process: Windows Server 2012 doesn't allow a single Remote Desktop Session Host to publish applications. When enabling a session virtualization environment, by default the configuration is in an application publishing mode, which is where specific applications such as Calculator, Paint and Wordpad are published to users instead of a complete desktop. Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RD Virtualization Host)Īlso, please note that a server that has the RD Session Host role service installed is now called a RD Session Host server, instead of a terminal server.Q: How do I enable full desktop publishing using Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services?Ī: Windows Server 2012 features a new scenario-based deployment capability that enables you to quickly enable VDI or session virtualization environments. Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access) Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Broker) Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing) Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host)

The following table lists both the former name and the new name of each Remote Desktop Services role service.

In Windows Server 2008 R2, all Remote Desktop Services role services have been renamed. The Terminal Services Manager tool can manage one or more Terminal Services servers. Terminal Services has been renamed to Remote Desktop Services. The Terminal Services Manager tool (Tsadmin.exe) is the main administration tool used to manage existing Terminal Services sessions, users, and processes that are connected to or running on the Terminal Services server.
