

The plows are nowhere to be seen you can’t even get ten feet down the street without your car getting stuck. Snow is piled up so high you can barely see the top of your car. Picture this: it’s a Wednesday morning in the dead of winter. For more information on working with Server Manager, see Managing Windows Server 2012 with Server Manager on Petri.Remote Desktop: Flexibility and Productivity

If you want to manage the new deployment using Server Manager, you’ll need to add the server where the RD Connection Broker role is installed to the Server Pool and then click Remote Desktop Services in the list of options on the left of Server Manager. New-SessionDeployment -ConnectionBroker srv1.ad. -WebAccessServer srv1.ad. -SessionHost srv1.ad.

To install the three compulsory RDS components in a standard deployment, use the New-SessionDeployment cmdlet as shown below, replacing the values for the -ConnectionBroker, -WebAccessServer, and -SessionHost parameters with the name(s) of the servers on which you want to install these roles.In the PowerShell window, type Import-Module RemoteDesktop and press ENTER.Open a PowerShell prompt from the taskbar or Start screen.The account should have administrative access to the server(s) where the RDS roles will be installed. Log into the Windows Server 2012 R2 server where you want to run the PowerShell cmdlets.The RD Connection Broker role can’t be installed on a domain controller, and installation should not be carried out on the server where the RD Connection Broker role will be installed. You’ll need an Active Directory domain and an account that has permission to install the server roles on your chosen server(s). For more info, see Managing Windows Server 2012 with Server Manager on Petri. Servers that you want to use in your deployment need to be added to the Server Pool in Server Manager before you start the process below.

Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 R2 (Image Credit: Russell Smith) Deploy RDS using PowerShell
