Decommissioning a RDS 2012 R2 Server

What is the proper way to decommission a RDS 2012 R2 server. We moved the CALs to another server, then removed the licensing role. Reboot and then remove all RDS roles and reboot again. Will this be enough or is there other thing we need to do?
I just looked in ADUC and see an OU Remote Desktop Server with the RDS server in it. I am guessing there are other things we need to do to remove it completely?

Hi,
From your description seems you have performed all the steps and that’s the proper way for removing. Apart from this, there might some database left behind related to RDS server and we need to remove it for completely remove it.
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
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Hi,
From your description seems you have performed all the steps and that’s the proper way for removing. Apart from this, there might some database left behind related to RDS server and we need to remove it for completely remove it.
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Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
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Local Computer Policy -> Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> Licensing
"Use the specified RD license servers" = myservername
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Hello RDS experts! I am struggling with what should be a simple solution with RemoteApp. Here is my challenge:
I am sharing Internet Explorer from an RDS server to users. I have a number of web applications that users cannot access either because of browser incompatibility or browser security settings, so I want to funnel them through RD Gateway
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/231289
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/75f72254-7ea0-43ce-91d9-ea2e333f7052/saving-files-from-a-remote-app-appv
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Okay, I made some progress. I can now hide the Network, Library, and Favorites links on the left-pane using the registry instructions below:
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/266828-disable-librariesfavourites-in-opensave-dialog-for-applications/
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Hi,
Regarding the error Failed to create KVP sessions string, please refer to Microsoft Jim’s reply in this thread to see if it resolves the issue:
Failed to create KVP sessions string. Error Code 0x8007007A
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/2fd453ce-e018-4c1a-8424-c32fcb89b2ba/failed-to-create-kvp-sessions-string-error-code-0x8007007a?forum=winserverTS
In addition, here are a few more links below regarding the licensing issue for you:
TS CALs being picked up by our Terminal servers itself
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/e929bd18-b4bd-4d55-98b3-d8d4f608f3f3/ts-cals-being-picked-up-by-our-terminal-servers-itself?forum=winserverTS
Microsoft licensing changes: How do they apply to Remote Desktop Session Host?
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/2366acda-7eb6-4fa1-9c5b-479717a63238/microsoft-licensing-changes-how-do-they-apply-to-remote-desktop-session-host?forum=winserverTS
Licensing Diagnosis: Problems and Resolutions
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2008/02/01/licensing-diagnosis-problems-and-resolutions.aspx
Best Regards,
Amy
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Initially please confirm whether the software is compatible to use with RemoteApp. Also the provided command line seems to be little invalid, please provide with specified full location and verify. You can check the related article for information.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/infratalks/archive/2013/02/06/publishing-remoteapps-and-remote-session-in-remote-desktop-services-2012.aspx
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
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Hello.
We have a new RDS 2012 R2 Server.
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use
Import-Module remotedesktopservices
then try the commands again
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Hi,
In addition you can also refer following article for RDL configuration.
RD Licensing Configuration on Windows Server 2012
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2013/09/20/rd-licensing-configuration-on-windows-server-2012.aspx
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
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[Forum FAQ] "Unable to connect to the server by using Windows PowerShell Remoting" error while installing RDS roles on Server 2012 R2

When you try to install RDS role on server 2012 R2 using standard deployment, this issue may occur (Figure 1).
“Unable to connect to the server by using Windows PowerShell remoting”.
Figure 1: Unable to connect to the server by using Windows PowerShell remoting
First of all, we need to verify the configurations as it suggested:
1. The server must be available by using Windows PowerShell remotely.
2. The server must be joined to a domain.
3. The server must be running at least Windows Server 2012 R2.
4. The currently logged on user must be a member of the local Administrators group on the server.
5. Remote Desktop Services connections must be enabled by using Group Policy.
In addition, we need to check if the “Windows Remote Management “service is running and related firewall exceptions have been created for WinRM listener.
To enabling PowerShell remoting, we can run this PowerShell command as administrator (Figure 2).
Enable-PSRemoting -Force
Figure 2: Enable PowerShell Remoting
However, if issue persists, we need to check whether it has enough memory to work.
By default, remote shell allots only 150 MB of memory. If we have IIS or SharePoint App pool, 150 MB of memory is not sufficient to perform the remoting task. Therefore, we need to increase
the memory via the PowerShell command below:
Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Shell\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 1000
Then, you need to restart the server and the issue should be resolved.
You can get more information regarding Remote Troubleshooting by below link:
about_Remote_Troubleshooting
If you need further assistance, welcome to post your questions in the
RDS forum.
Please click to vote if the post helps you. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

i found another possible reason, this solution worked for me:
http://oyvindnilsen.com/solution-for-powershell-remoting-error-it-cannot-determine-the-content-type-of-the-http-response-from-the-destination-computer/
I tried to set up powershell remoting on a server and kept getting this error:
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Using Windows Server 2012 per-User RDS CAL on Server 2008 R2 Session Host

I have a Remote Desktop Licensing Server setup on my domain controller running Windows Server 2012 R2. I have installed a
’Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services per-User CAL’ there and activated the licensing server already.
Currently I use ONLY Windows Server 2008 R2 machines as RDS Session Hosts (in the future I plan to transition them to 2012 R2, hence the CAL I bought is
already in the newest version).
I have already configured my WS 2008 RDS Session Hosts: set
Per-User licensing mode and specified license server address. The connectivity between my Session Host(s) and my License Server seems to be ok as the
Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration window on the Session Host correctly lists the 2012 per-user
license (CAL installed on server) from the license server.
On the License Server I can also see event logs entries (in
Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-Licensing/Admin), indicating that the user has been issued a license.
The issue I am having is that the license being issued is
2008 Per User CAL license (Build-in OverUsed - temporary) and not the 2012 Per User CAL license which is the only license installed on the server. According to the RDS CAL interoperability matrix at
social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14988.rds-and-ts-cal-interoperability-matrix.aspx, I was expecting the 2012 license to be backward-compatible with 2008 client (and that
in the absence of legacy licenses, the (only) 2012 license would be used for all clients connecting to the licensing server)
Before I bought my license, I found this document:
download.microsoft.com/download/3/D/4/3D42BDC2-6725-4B29-B75A-A5B04179958B/WindowsServerRDS_VLBrief.pdf
which says that - "newer version RDS CALs can be used with an older version of the server software" (In section FAQ, Q4), which means to me that
the 2012 license would work as-is for the 2008 Server and gives me flexibility when upgrading to the new server version.
How can I make this CAL work in my environment?
Note:
I have already explicitly disabled
Prevent license upgrade Group Policy setting which I assumed would fix the issue but nothing has changed.
Then I have enabled License server security group Group Polity setting
and added computers from my domain to RDS Endpoint Servers AD group. I have also created new AD group called
Terminal Server Computers and added the computer accounts there, but it changes
nothing. Reference - technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee791761.aspx , technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc725704.aspx and blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2009/09/17/control-the-issuance-of-rds-cals.aspx.
I found one potential ‘workaround’ which involved manually downgrading my CAL license by calling
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Am I missing something? What should I do to get my 2012 CAL to be issued to 2008 R2 server

Hi, I have tried several other possibilities.
I change expire date for my temporary assigned license (2008 CAL overused). It can be done, by changing Active Directory user properties – msTSExpireDate. When I restart my Session Host server and logged again, my license was renewed
for next 60 days (event ID - 4145).
I also delete information about license for this user (clear msTSExpireDate and msTSLicenseVersion). And the license was successfully removed from License Manager. After another SH restart it gets the same – 2008 overused – license
(event ID 4143 - license server has successfully issued …)
I now, that changing info in AD attributes is a little trick, and this is not a real value - only a reference, but it was useful to delete or change expiration date of license. But it didn’t change type of license as I expected.
Reference -
http://discussions.citrix.com/topic/243320-windows-2008-licensing-questions/
To TP:
I have found your post with information:
If you have a Server 2012 RD Licensing server you may install your 2012 RDS CALs on it (no downgrade necessary) and then set your Server 2008 R2 RDSH to
use the 2012 RDL server. The 2012 RD Licensing server will automatically issue the CALs as 2008. -
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/6046ded1-96bf-4d79-89ce-38aac2a6694e/can-we-use-windows-server-2012-rds-cal-license-in-rds-2008-r2-server?forum=winserverTS
And it showing my situation in brief. I also found
similar problems, but the solutions don’t meet my expectations.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/dcfb1966-89a8-4b5d-bf5a-ff03ac0b7a66/rds-cal-licenses-not-recognized?forum=winserverTS
– “sudden all of the CALS were available”
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/f1228599-8452-4a3e-a263-061de14bfcfe/server-2012-rds-builtin-overused-cals-issue?forum=winserverTS
– “this should go away after a while”
Is there a way to determine this time you mentioned before? Or should I just wait patiently…

2012 R2 RDS Shadowing from Server Manager - how to view client computer names

Hello,
I have a 2012R2 RDS session based deployment. We have a few generic user accounts for a production environment where a group of users uses the same username to start multiple RDS sessions. This creates a bit of a challenge when support has to shadow one
of those sessions because they all appear with the same name: domain\username. The Connections pane in RDS (Server manager) does not list client computer name, which would be the distinguishing factor. The old version of the RDS console (remote
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Thanks

Hi,
As far as I know, there are two ways.
1. Use the Task Manager. In the Users Tab, you can see the client name.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1d571c01-69ff-4508-af0f-d7eeecd806b6/forum-faq-how-to-manage-rds-user-connections-and-processes-in-a-rds-2012-deployment?forum=winserverTS
2. Use the Terminal Services PowerShell Module. With the Get-TSSession in PowerShell, we can get the detailed information.
http://archive.msdn.microsoft.com/PSTerminalServices
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Jeremy Wu
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RDS 2012 R2 cannot add 3rd party (parent domain) licensing server

Hi,
I have a RDS 2012 R2 farm and i cannot add a 3rd party licensing server that is in a parent domain (forest root domain - hosted by our corp HQ). I will edit deployment properties for the deployment in the first CB server to add a licensing server in per
user mode. Seemes to work, however no licenses are given to SH servers. Have made GPO aswell to explicitly specify licensing server and mode, however i think this should not be neccessary.
Any ideas?
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
1. In Server Manager -- RDS -- Overview -- Tasks -- Edit Deployment Properties -- RD Licensing tab, please make sure that the Licensing mode is set to match the type of licenses you purchased, and that the FQDN of your RD Licensing server is listed.
2. In Server Manager -- RDS -- Collections -- <your collection> -- Host Servers, please make sure that your RDSH server is listed. If you have more than one server with the RDSH Role Service in your deployment make sure that all of them are
listed. If they are not you may click Tasks -- Add RD Session Host Servers (make sure the servers are part of the Server Manager server pool prior to this).
3. On Server 1, please open an Administrator PowerShell prompt and enter the following command:
Add-WindowsFeature RDS-Licensing-UI
4. After the above powershell command completes you should be able to open RD Licensing Manager (licmgr.exe) on Server 1 if you need to. Please note that it is more important to have the licensing configured properly in deployment properties and your
RDSH servers part of a collection than it is to be able to open RD Licensing Manager on both of your servers.
(Above one quoted from beneath thread)
Source:
RDS 2012 Can't add a licensing server
In addition, check below article.
RD Licensing Configuration on Windows Server 2012
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Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki

RDS 2012 R2 RemoteApp Server Name Mismatch

Hi All,
I wonder if someone can scratch my head on this.
Brand new RDS 2012 R2 deployment.
RDS01 with Connection Broker and Session Host Roles installed
RDS02 with Web Access and Gateway roles installed
one ssl certificate with one domain remote.mycompany.com
the certificate have been imported to all the servers via the Edit Deployment
the local domain is mycompany.local
the problem that i am having is that when i launch RemoteApp after login in the remote.mycompany.com externally, i get Certificate mismatch, because it is contact the local name of the Session host server RDS01.
What i tried so far.
Used the Set-PublishName (http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Change-published-FQDN-for-2a029b80) without success
Try to configure RDS01 certificate via (http://ryanmangansitblog.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/configuring-rds-2012-certificates-and-sso/)
Check Any resources ( http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d1b0ebe4-9e53-47ff-8c75-43fd91ff538a/windows-2012-rds-certificate-mismatch?forum=winserverTS)
Has anybody out there could shade me some knowledge in how to rectify the mismatch name warning.
Thanks
Elton

Hi -TP,
Answering your queries.
1_the Set-RDPublishedName was successful, restarted the servers, refreshed the RDWeb page externally, tried to connect unsuccessfully.
2_I am using externally windows 8 and internally 7 fully updated
3_it had the green successful message.
After, set-rdpublishedname command, i get an erro when try to connecting saying, RemoteApp Disconnected.
Error:
Remote desktop cant connect to the computer "remote.mycompany.com"
1)Your user account is not listed in the RD Gateway Permission ( not true, it was set for domain users and my test user is under that group)
2)you might have specified the remote computer in netbios format or ip
Do you reckon i am having this problem because the RDS01 with Connection Broker and Session Host Roles installed?
Cheers
Elton

Can we use Windows Server 2012 RDS CAL license in RDS 2008 R2 Server

Respected Sir,
We have RDS Server 2012 CAL license select plus but we want to use Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS so is it possible to use 2012 RDS license in RDS 2008 Server?
if yes how can put this.
Waiting for your reply.
thanks,
Hiren Patel
+91 9974091230

Hi,
RDS 2012 CALs can license 2008 R2 and 2008 session hosts. However, RDS 2012 CALs only can be installed on the 2012 Licensing server.
RDS and TS CAL Interoperability Matrix
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/14988.rds-and-ts-cal-interoperability-matrix.aspx
Hope this helps.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support

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