RemoteFX USB redirection allows many types of USB devices to be used in the remote VDI session. In addition to the existing high-level device redirection mechanisms in RDP (printers, USB drives, smart cards, PnP devices, audio, etc.), RemoteFX USB redirection allows devices such as scanners, multifunction printers, webcams, and more to be used on the virtual machine. In Part 1,
How do you decide between virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and session virtualization? And if you have already successfully deployed session virtualization, should you replace it with VDI? Session virtualization is a centralized desktop computing architecture where multiple users share a single operating system and application image within individual sessions on a Windows Server host. Some key benefits of this architecture
The Remote Desktop Services Component Architecture Poster is available in PDF format on the Microsoft Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=200520). This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Remote Desktop Services technologies in Windows Server 2008 R2. It explains the functions and roles of Remote Desktop Session Host, Remote Desktop Virtualization Host, Remote Desktop Connection Broker, Remote Desktop Web Access, Remote
The RD Gateway Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2 is now available on the Microsoft download center. This document contains scalability results, testing methodologies, analysis, and guidelines for RD Gateway. It describes the most relevant factors that influence the capacity of a given deployment, methodologies to evaluate capacity for specific deployments, and a set of experimental results for different
The Remote Desktop Services Migration Guide is now live on TechNet. This document provides guidance for migrating the Remote Desktop Services role services in Windows Server® 2008 R2 and for Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 to Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2008 R2. This migration guide contains step-by-step instructions for migrating the following role services: Remote Desktop Session Host
Feature Overview The goal of RemoteFX USB redirection is simple: the user should be able to use any device they want, and have it just work. RDP has numerous high-level redirections that allow specific types of devices to be used effectively in a remote session, such as: Easy Print, which allows users to print to local printers in remote sessions
ompanies that are creating an implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol set can license the Intellectual Property(IP) rights they need from Microsoft by signing the RDP Client License. Products that might need these rights to interact with Windows Remote Desktop Servers (Sessions or VM based) include: Non-Windows Thin Client devices Non-Windows based client software To understand if you might need
The Remote Desktop Services Deployment Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2 is now live on the Download Center and on TechNet. This guide is intended for use by system administrators and system engineers who are responsible for deploying the role services and features for Remote Desktop Services for the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment. It provides detailed guidance for deploying a Remote
Microsoft released App-V 4.6 for RDS Whitepaper. This whitepaper discusses the benefits, configurations and considerations when planning a Microsoft® Windows Server® Remote Desktop Services solution with Microsoft Application Virtualization. You can download the whitepaper here.
Microsoft is increasing its marketing effort in promoting its VDI platform since a few months now. Microsoft published a guide to help Deploying Remote Desktop Connection Broker with High Availability. This guide is intended for IT professionals, and tells how to configure Remote Desktop Connection Broker in a failover cluster. The configuration provides users with access to personal virtual desktops
