Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Services



  1. Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Services Best Practices
  2. Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Services
  3. Can't Connect To RDP On Windows Server 2016
  4. Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Services Manager

Feb 27, 2020 In Windows Server 2016 & 2012 the Terminal Services role has been replaced by the Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) role service and is part of Remote Desktop Services (RDS). RDS offers deployment flexibility, cost efficiency, and extensibility—all delivered through a variety of deployment options, including Windows Server 2016 for on-premises deployments, Microsoft Azure for cloud deployments, and a robust array of partner solutions.

Applies to: Windows Server (Semi-Annual Channel), Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016 Each user and device that connects to a Remote Desktop Session host needs a client access license (CAL). You use RD Licensing to install, issue, and track RDS CALs.

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Applies to: Windows Server (Semi-Annual Channel), Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016

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Windows 2016 remote desktop services best practices

Moneyspire. For your end-users connecting to their desktops and applications, the experience is similar to what they already face as they perform a second authentication measure to connect to the desired resource:

  • Launch a desktop or RemoteApp from an RDP file or through a Remote Desktop client application
  • Upon connecting to the RD Gateway for secure, remote access, receive an SMS or mobile application MFA challenge
  • Correctly authenticate and get connected to their resource!

For more details on the configuration process, check out Integrate your Remote Desktop Gateway infrastructure using the Network Policy Server (NPS) extension and Azure AD.

Are you missing good old terminal services manager (remote desktop services manager) from the Windows Server 2008 R2? For reason that is unknown to me as of today the Microsoft has decided to remove this mmc snapin that was a quick management tool, if you needed to kill the process on the specific server or check the users currently logged on the servers. As of today the Microsoft has not provided any official replacement for this handy tool.

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That is pity because I have used the tool numerous times.

So I started researching if I can and to me seems that the tool from Windows 2008 R2 works on the Windows 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 and Windows 10 as well! :-) So everything you need to do is to copy file from here: tsadmin and do following steps:

  1. The zip consist 4 files, tsadmin.msc, wts.dll, tsadmin.dll and tsadmin.reg that I have created for this experiment to work.
  2. extract the files to c:WindowsSystem32
  3. Double click on the tsadmin.reg to add to the registry required information for the terminal services manager in order to load the MMC snapin
  4. Double click on the tsadmin.exe
  5. voila it works!
  6. The best is if you add more servers under mygroup, when you run it again it will just work and read the servers you have added before

Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Services Best Practices

So what you can do? I have tested to work with:

Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Services

  • Windows server remote desktop services 2012
  • Windows server remote desktop services 2012 R2
  • Windows server remote desktop services 2016
  • Windows server remote desktop services 2019 build 17623 (at a time of the article the Windows 2019 RTM was not announced yet)

The functions working are:

  • disconnecting a session
  • sending message
  • resetting session
  • status of the session
  • logging of the session
  • ending a process on the processes tab (one of the simplest most important features of the tool)

Can't Connect To RDP On Windows Server 2016

Let me know in the comments is it working as it should for you as well?

Windows 2016 Remote Desktop Services Manager

BTW if you need powerful full blown management tools you can take a look at SysKit Monitor.