Follow me and learn Windows Server 2012 – Remote Desktop Services
Wow I can’t believe I have been at this for 20 days! Tonight I am learning Remote Desktop Services. I have learned some cool new facts about RDS in 2012. Let me share some of the things I have seen tonight:
- Active/Active RD Connection Broker - Yes that’s right now all pieces have high availability
- Fareshare of Resources (CPU, Network, I/O) – Yup, now no single user can hog all the resources
- A single management interface in Server Manager for all services
- Well, two management interfaces we also support Powershell
- CPU based or Physical support for Remote FX GPU
- User Profile Disk – This is a VHD to store the user’s Desktop and files
There are Tons of resources on this topic! I listed some below that I used to study with:
Remote Desktop Services Overview
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831447.aspx
This includes some great lab guides:
- Test Lab Guide: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Quick Start
- Test Lab Guide: Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Standard Deployment
- Test Lab Guide: Managed Pooled Virtual Desktop Collections
- Test Lab Guide: Unmanaged Pooled Virtual Desktop Collections
- Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Session Virtualization Quick Start
- Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Session Virtualization Standard Deployment
- Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Publishing
- Test Lab Guide: Remote Desktop Services Licensing
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Benefits
Windows Server 2012 VDI/RDS Infrastructure and Management (Video)
https://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR314#fbid=Yesz_YUD4Lk
RemoteFX and RDP Rocking RDS in Windows Server 2012 (Video)
https://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR313#fbid=Yesz_YUD4Lk
Lessons from the Field: 22 VDI and RDS Mistakes You'll Want to Avoid (Video)
https://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR317#fbid=Yesz_YUD4Lk
Bruce Adamczak