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Tuesday 26 October 2010

Installing and Configuring RemoteApp (RDS Pt3)

Ensure that 'Domain Users' are included in the local group on 'Remote Desktop Users' on the RDSH server. A chain of authorization is set up. The RDSH server will use the RDCB as a web access server and in turn the RDCB will use the RDWA server.
You must add the RDCB server computer account object to the TS Web Access Computers security group on RDSH server.

 To add RDCB server to the TS Web Access Computers group on RDSH server
  1. Log on to RDSH server as Domain\Administrator.
  2. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.
  3. Expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Groups.
  4. Right-click TS Web Access Computers, and then click Add to Group.
  5. Click Add.
  6. In the Select Users, Computers, Service Accounts, or Groups dialog box, click Object Types.
  7. In the Object Types dialog box, select the Computers check box, and then click OK.
  8. In the Enter the object names to select box, type the rdcb server name and then click OK.
  9. Click OK to close the TS Web Access Computers dialog box.
Next, you must add the RDWA server computer account object to the TS Web Access Computers security group on the RDCB server computer.

To add RDWA server to the TS Web Access Computers group on RDCB server
  1. Log on to RDCB server as Domain\Administrator.
  2. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.
  3. Expand Local Users and Groups, and then click Groups.
  4. Right-click TS Web Access Computers, and then click Add to Group.
  5. Click Add.
  6. In the Select Users, Computers, Service Accounts, or Groups dialog box, click Object Types.
  7. In the Object Types dialog box, select the Computers check box, and then click OK.
  8. In the Enter the object names to select box, type the rdwa server account and then click OK.
  9. Click OK to close the TS Web Access Computers dialog box.
Next, you must add a RemoteApp program to RDSH server by using RemoteApp Manager.

To add a RemoteApp program by using RemoteApp Manager
  1. Log on to RDSH server as Domain\Administrator.
  2. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click RemoteApp Manager.
  3. In the Action pane, click Add RemoteApp Programs.
  4. On the Welcome to the RemoteApp Wizard page, click Next.
  5. On the Choose programs to add to the RemoteApp Program list page, select the Calculator check box, and then click Next.
  6. On the Review Settings page, click Finish.
 You can add Office 2007/2010 to the list. Do not install from the CD. This important! Go to the Contrrol Panel and type 'Install'. Select 'Install Application on Remote Desktop Server'. Also with Server 2008 R2, you can select a listed program and under properties and define 'user assignment' where you define which users can run the particular program.

Next, assign a RemoteApp source on the RD Web Access server (RDWA server). The calculator application is not running on the RDWA server. This is just a front-end interface for applications used by clients. So,

To assign a RemoteApp source on RDWA-SRV
  1. Log on to RDWA server as Domain\Administrator.
  2. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Web Access Configuration.
  3. Click Continue to this website (not recommended).
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  4. In the Domain\user name box, type Domain\Administrator.
  5. In the Password box, type the password that you specified for Domain\Administrator, and then click Sign in.
  6. On the Configuration page, click An RD Connection Broker server.
  7. In the Source name box, type the name of the RDCB server and then click OK.
Finally, you must add a RemoteApp source on the RDCB server by using Remote Desktop Connection Manager. The broker needs to locate RDSH server to offer the applications to the RDWA server.

To add a RemoteApp source by using Remote Desktop Connection Manager
  1. Log on to RDCB server as Domain\Administrator.
  2. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Connection Manager.
  3. Click RemoteApp Sources, and then in the Actions pane, click Add RemoteApp Source.
  4. In the RemoteApp source name box, type the name of the RDSH server and then click Add.

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