Where they can run side by side with local applications. VDI is also different from RemoteApp, which lets you deliver individual applications that run remotely on the server to users’ own local desktops. In addition, some applications won’t run – or won’t run well – in a shared terminal services environment. Because VDI sessions are in separate operating systems, they may be more secure than sessions on a shared OS. Whereas terminal services sessions use fewer resources, VDI can give users a more personalized, customized desktop experience through persistent desktops (or you can implement non-persistent desktops where users’ changes are not saved).
With VDI, each user has an individual desktop environment in a virtual instance of a desktop operating system (such as Windows 7 or 8). The difference between VDI and traditional terminal services is that with the latter, all of the different users’ sessions run within the same shared server operating system, such as Windows Server 2012.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is a way of providing users with a full virtualized desktop environment in a desktop session to which they connect via a remote display protocol (in this case, Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP). What’s new with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) In this article, we’ll look first at how Windows Server 20 R2 have improved VDI deployment and administration. This last, the RD Virtualization Host, was the component that enabled the new VDI functionality installing the RD Virtualization Host role automatically installed Hyper-V on the server (if it wasn’t already installed) and took on the task of monitoring and preparing the virtual machines. The terminal server role became the Remote Desktop Session Host, the TS Session Broker became the RD Connection Broker, the TS Gateway became the RD Gateway, TS Web Access became RD Web Access, and a brand new service, the RD Virtualization Host, appeared. When Microsoft introduced Windows Server 2008 R2, there was a complete overhaul of the entire set of services formerly called Windows Terminal Services, along with a plethora of name changes that served to confuse IT pros. The server-based implementation of Remote Desktop was introduced in Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Services Edition back in 1998 and continued to be called Terminal Services when it was included in Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. In Part 2, we’ll look at how additional enhancements and additions have made RDS easier for IT pros to deploy, secure and manage. In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how changes and improvements in Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 and Windows 8/8.1 have improved the overall experience for end-users. Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 and Windows 8/8.1 (Part 3).Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 and Windows 8/8.1 (Part 1).
Next, simply set the Restrict Remote Desktop Services user to a single Remote Desktop Services session parameter to Enabled, and now you’re once again restricted to a single Remote Desktop session.If you would like to read the other parts in this article series please go to: To disable multiple remote desktop connections in Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2016, first log in to the local computer and launch the Group Policy Editor through the Start menu as detailed above. Disabling Multiple Remote Desktop Connections in Windows Server Next, double-click on Limit number of connections and then set the RD Maximum Connections allowed to 999999. Once the Group Policy Editor is running, navigate to:Ĭomputer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Connections.įrom here, first set the Restrict Remote Desktop Services user to a single Remote Desktop Services session parameter to Disabled. This will launch the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc), which is a management console through which you can configure many Windows system properties or run scripts. Once you’ve logged in, press the Windows key in Windows Server 2012 to open the Start screen or simply type the following into the Start bar in Windows Server 2016: gpedit.msc. To enable multiple remote desktop connections in Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2016, you’ll need to access the server directly or through Remote Desktop. Enabling Multiple Remote Desktop Connections in Windows Server You can however choose to enable (or disable) multiple RDP sessions as needed. Turning to the server editions of Windows, both Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2016 allow only a single Remote Desktop session, preventing multiple remote desktop connections. Multiple Remote Desktop Connections on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012