Configuring Remote Desktop Features

Table 5‑19. RDS Connection Server Group Policy Settings
Setting Description
Join RD Connection Broker
Use this policy seing to specify whether the RDS host
should join a farm in Connection Server that is installed on
an RDS host. Connection Server on an RDS host tracks user
sessions and allows a user to reconnect to their existing
session in a load-balanced RDS farm. To participate in
Connection Server on an RDS host, the Remote Desktop
Session Host role service must be installed on the RDS host.
If the policy seing is enabled, the RDS host joins the farm
that is specied in the "Congure RD Connection Broker
Farm Name" seing. The farm exists on the Connection
Server that is specied in the "Congure RD Connection
Broker Server name" policy seing.
If you disable this policy seing, the RDS host does not join
a farm in Connection Server, and user session tracking is
not performed. If the seing is disabled, you cannot use
either the Remote Desktop Session Host Conguration tool
or the Terminal Services WMI provider to join the RDS host
to Connection Server.
If the policy seing is not congured, the seing is not
specied at the Group Policy level. In this case, you can
congure the RDS host to join Connection Server on the
RDS host by using the Remote Desktop Session Host
Conguration tool or the Terminal Services WMI provider.
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1 f you enable this seing, you must also enable the
"Congure RD Connection Broker Farm Name" and
"Congure RD Connection Broker Server name" policy
seings, or congure these seings by using either the
Remote Desktop Session Host Conguration tool or the
Terminal Services WMI provider.
2 For Windows Server 2008, this policy seing is
supported on at least Windows Server 2008 Standard.
Configure RD Connection Broker farm name
Use this policy seing to specify the name of a farm to join
in the Connection Server for an RDS host. Connection
Server uses the farm name to determine which RDS hosts
are in the same RDS farm. Therefore, you must use the
same farm name for all RDS hosts in the same load-
balanced farm. The farm name does not have to correspond
to a name in Active Directory Domain Services.
If you specify a new farm name, a new farm is created in
Connection Server for the RDS host. If you specify an
existing farm name, the RDS host joins that farm in the
Connection Server on the RDS host.
If you enable this policy seing, you must specify the name
of a farm in Connection Server for the RDS host.
If you disable or do not congure this policy seing, the
farm name is not specied by Group Policy. In this case,
you can adjust the farm name by using the Remote
Desktop Session Host Conguration tool or the Terminal
Services WMI provider.
N For Windows Server 2008, this policy seing is
supported on at least Windows Server 2008 Standard. This
seing is not eective unless both the "Join RD Connection
Broker" and the "Congure RD Connection Broker server
name" seings are enabled and congured by using Group
Policy, the Remote Desktop Session Host Conguration
tool, or the Terminal Services WMI provider.
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