RDS 2012 R2 RemoteApps ColorDepth

Hello,
Is it posible to change the maximum color depth per pixel for RemoteApps? or Collections?
or do i have to use GPO to accomplish this for the whole Server? Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Remote Session Environment
Thanks for the answers!

Hi,
RDP 8.0/8.1 connections are always 32 bit color depth. For old RDP client versions you may connect as low as 16 bit.
For Server 2012 R2 it is preferred that you connect using a RDP 8.1 client.
-TP

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RDS 2012 R2 - RemoteApp Disconnected

Hi RDS 2012 R2 Experts,
I would like some guidance here if possible
My setup is a follow.
1x 2012r2 with the following role, Broker, Web access, Gateway and License called RDS01
2x 2012r2 Session Host called RSH01 an RSH02
1x wildcard cert
I would like to my users to be able to either internal and external to use the same link, remote.mydomain.com since my internal domain is mydomain.local
What i have done so far.
Created a DNS Zone called remote.mydomain.com and added the following records there.
REMOTE, it points to web access server IP 192.168.1.31 ( same server for Gateway and Broker )
2x RDSFarm, one record points to RSH01 and the other to RSH02, 192.168.1.32 and 33
Gateway, the record points to 192.168.1.31 ( same servers as broker and web access)
Broker, the record points to 192.168.1.31 ( same servers as web access and gateway)
i have set the gateway manager the following
Edited the deployment RD Gateway to remote.mydomain.com
Installed the wildcert for all the roles, *.mydomain.com in all 4 roles
created Manage Local computer groups and added both RSH01 and 02, RDSFarm record, remote record, gateway record and broker record
linked the allowed resources with the policy and users ( also tried allow users to connect to any resources )
configure the gateway in the RD Gateway farm
Configured the IIS to
auto redirect
and the DefaultTSGAteway under Pages to remote.mydomain.com
Also I used the Set-PublishName (http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Change-published-FQDN-for-2a029b80) to change it to broker.mydomain.com
Now, the issue I have is, when users either internally or externally try to launch a RemoteApp they get the error.
RemoteApp Disconnected
This computer cant connect to the remote computer.
Try connecting again.
To overcome this error I did the following:
Set-PublishName to RDSFarm.mydomain.com ( it is using the round robin to get to the session host servers)
There is two problem with this setup.
I no longer can shadow the users under Connections in the broker ( it seems to be bypassed )
I get certificate mismatch due the servers names
What I would like to achieve is to fix both problems above.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
N0tl3_Bouya

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Initially check that you have applied external used FQDN of server under Server name in RD Gateway Deployment properties and used Bypass RD Gateway for local address.
Please try to perform the steps
• Create a new DNS zone, .COM to allow split-brain DNS (so that internal clients can resolve external names internally)
• Create a relevant DNS entry in the aforementioned zone to point to the RDS environment’s internal IP address
• Create a relevant DNS entry in external DNS to point to the firewall which is publishing RDS’s external IP address
• Use the following script to change the FQDN of the RDP files provided by RD Web Access / RemoteApp and Desktop connection feed
Change published FQDN for Server 2012 or 2012 R2 RDS Deployment
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Change-published-FQDN-for-2a029b80
In addition, for shadow related issue you can use the server in administrative mode use mstsc /shadow command and check the result.
Detailed walkthrough on Remote Control (Shadowing), reintroduced in Windows Server 2012 R2
Hope it helps!
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

RDS 2012-PUBLISING REMOTEAPPS WITH VIRTUAL DESKTOP SESSION

Hello, I deployed a RDS 2012 VIRTUAL DESKTOP SESSION FARM.
Is it possible publish a REMOTEAPPS with Virtual Desktop Session?, I only find information with Remote Desktop Session
Thanks
Regards

Hi,
Seems this is not the possible scenario for deployment, we need to have Session based deployment as both virtual desktop session and session based deployment differs from other.
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
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RDS 2012 R2 RemoteApp from NetShare

Hello.
We have a new RDS 2012 R2 Server.
The Problem is our ERP Software has to be started from a network share. I find out that it is not possible to publish a Application with the Servermanager which is on a netShare
So i want to try it with PowerShell, but evertime i try it i get the following error message
New-RDRemoteApp -CollectionName COLL_NAME -DisplayName APPNAME -FilePath \\SERVER\APP.EXE -IconPath \\SERVER\APP.EXE
New-RemoteApp : A Remote Desktop Services deployment does not exist on RDS2012SERVER This operation can be
performed after creating a deployment. For information about creating a deployment, run "Get-Help Set-VDIDeployment" o
r "Get-Help Set-RDSHDeployment".
At line:1 char:1
+ New-RemoteApp
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,New-RemoteApp
Same with
get-rdremoteapp -collectionname "COLL_NAME" -connectionbroker RDS2012SERVER | Format-List
We just used a default Deployment with a Single Server.
Anyone an idea?
Thanks for the Help!

use
Import-Module remotedesktopservices
then try the commands again
also, when using -connectionbroker parameter, use FQDN for broker, not netbios name.
also ensure powershell is opened as administrator and the user you log onto the machine has admin permissions on the broker.
MCITP:SA:EA:EMA2010:VA2008R2

RDS 2012 R2 - RemoteApp - Certificate Mismatch

Hi!
We have a newly built RDS 2012 R2 setup.
It consists of the following:
1 x Server with the Gateway and the Web Access role
2 x Servers running a Connection Broker HA cluster
3 x Servers running as Session Hosts
The internal domain name is example.local
We have purchased a wildcard certificate for the entire setup. (called *.example.com)
An external DNS record - RDS.example.com - has been created and it NAT to the Gateway and Web Access server.
We have used the script from
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Change-published-FQDN-for-2a029b80 to publish the FQDN. The name we have publised is Broker.example.com. We have created a split-brain DNS internally so that the clients can resolve external names internally.
Whenever we try to launch a RemoteApp externally we get the dreaded "Name mismatch" (and it takes about 30 seconds before we get the prompt):
Any ideas how to solve this issue?

Hi TP.
Thank you for your advice.
I've updated the Windows 7 client to RDP 8.1 and it did the trick! Thank you.
But we have several external users - and we don't have any chance of controlling if they are running RDP 8.1. I tried to import the wildcard certificate to all RDSH servers
- using the script in this link: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/475fb55f-e394-45d9-a6bd-a37e2a5fe86c/rds-2012-session-host-certificate-assignment?forum=winserverTS
However - that is when I see the "Name mismatch" warning when launching a RemoteApp (as mentioned in my original post). I suppose this is because the certificate is valid
only for *.example.com - and not for *.example.local?
Is there any solution to this?

RDS 2012 RemoteApp - Passing Parameters

Windows 2012 R2, RDS 2012, Single server configuration trying to get an remote application to accept the additional parameters to run at desktops.
Here is the command line that is needed to be run:
C:\infor\facts78\pvx\pxplus.exe *plus\cs\client –arg 192.168.110.12;10000 IN4WDX
in the remote app I have entered the following:
General:
RemoteApp program location:
C:\infor\facts\pvx\pxplus.exe
Parameters:
Always use the following command-line parameters:
*plus\cs\client –arg 192.168.110.12;10000 IN4WDX
The program starts on the remote computers, but the parameters are not being passed properly. Am I missing something special to get these to pass through. I have tried putting quotes around the parameters,
but it made no difference.
The software vendor demo's the software via an rdp desktop. I was hoping to use the remote app feature instead of the virtual desktop.

Hi Benny,
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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RDS 2012 R2 - Outlook - RemoteApp - Credentials Window Hidden

We have deployed a 2012 R2 RDS Farm with RemoteApp(s) published via RDWEB but have encountered an issue with Outlook.
The application launches and operates correctly but when the users are required to authenticate with the Exchange Server the credentials dialogue window is not visible.
If I access Outlook via an RDP session directly on the server desktop, the credentials box pops up and can be populated accordingly.
It appears that when Outlook is launched as a RemoteApp the credentials popup window is hidden/no visible.
Has anyone else encountered this issue?

Hi Dicki,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Here providing you some links if can resolved your issue:
1. "There are no products affected
by this package installed on this system."
2. (Solved)-Outlook2010-kb2459115-fullfile-x64-glb cannot be installed: There are no products affected by this package installed on this system
Hope it helps!
Thanks,
Dharmesh

Clickonce in the RemoteApp RDS 2012 R2

Hi Folks,
Searching information for applications ClickOnce, in RDS 2012 R2, in Remote Desktop Services Blog, I read these applications can't published as RemoteApp programs directly, they can now be installed and run from their hosting website through a web browser such
as Internet Explorer published as a RemoteApp program.
Exist another form in the solve is the challenge?
I can solve these challenge using RDS combined with App-v.
Suggestions?
Thanks a lot!
Wilsterman Fernandes

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Yeah, you can try to use Clickonce application to install on App-v server combined with RDS and then provide the path for application to use by the user through Internet Explorer. Also you can get ClickOnce app to work by installing on session host with admin
rights ad then copied the shortcut to the redirected start menu. After that user can access via full desktop method.
More information.
RemoteApp improvements in Windows Server 2012 R2
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2013/11/25/remoteapp-improvements-in-windows-server-2012-r2.aspx
Difference between Remote App and Click Once
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7e717b39-c3dc-4789-a4c6-22c10838e70c/difference-between-remote-app-and-click-once
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki

How do you configure a farm name in RDS 2012?

I understand Remote Desktop Services has undergo some drastric changes.
How do you configure a farm name in RDS 2012? Or is the concept around farm name changed in another concept?
Although I have imported a certificate on the RDCH withe the farm name I want to use. When I click on a RemoteApp on the RD Web Access portal, it does not connect to the right farm name.
Boudewijn Plomp, BPMi Infrastructure & Security

You don't. You create a collection. A client connects to the Connection Broker and then is redirected to the collection it is connecting to. The collection name is embedded in the connection file that the client downloads from RDWeb or
the RDWeb feed.
A collection is basically at least one RDSH server (for session based desktops) or one virtual machine (virtual machine based desktops).
Don Geddes - SR Support Escalation Engineer - Remote Desktop Services - Printing and Imaging

Users see all applications in RDS 2012 Web access in one-way trust domain environment

Hello!
We have RDS 2012 deployment in domainA.local. There is a one-way trust between domainA.local and domainB.local: A trusts B and B doesn't trust A.
A user from domainB.local authenticates in Web-access interface (wa.domainA.local) and sees
every published application in every collection in the deployment independently of UserGroups setting of collections and applications. This occurs for any domainB user.
In the security log of wa.domainA.local we can find an event :
An account failed to log on.
Subject:
Security ID:                IIS APPPOOL\RDWebAccess
Account Name:                RDWebAccess
Account Domain:                IIS APPPOOL
Logon ID:                0x2C7B16
Logon Type:                        3
Account For Which Logon Failed:
Security ID:                NULL SID
Account Name:
Account Domain:
Failure Information:
Failure Reason:                An error occurred during logon
Status:                        0xC000005E
Sub Status:                0x0
Also in network trace on wa.domainA.local kerberos error could be found:
On TGS-REQ for krbtgt/[email protected] there is an answer: KRB5KDC_ERR_S_PRINCIPAL_UNKNOWN (7), server name krbtgt/domainB.
How to deal with this issue? The aim is to show only specified applications to domainB users.
Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,
Thank you for your posting in Windows Server Forum.
Please check below links might useful for your case.
“After adding the RDS server’s computer account to the Builtin Windows Authorization Access Group domain group, the RemoteApp icons displayed perfectly.” (Quoted from
this article)
1. Remote APP list empty
2. RD
Web Access unable to access Source (RD Server)
In respect to Kerberos Error, refer this link for troubleshooting.
1. Troubleshooting Kerberos Authentication problems – Name resolution issues
2. Kerberos Authentication problems – Service Principal Name (SPN) issues - Part 2
Hope it helps!
Thanks,
Dharmesh

RDS 2012 - Certificate Mistmatch

I am getting the most annoying error with my RDS 2012 Setup.
certificate mismatch and double password prompts when trying to connect to my RDS setup.
I have tried all that's out there and have got no positive results.
All roles are on identical on 2 servers. the RDCB is in HA Mode.
I keep getting the Certificate mismatch error.
Already have a public or external SAN certificate assigned to all roles.
Ran the powershell and wmi query to ensure the correct url is used when connected to gateway but I still get the double prompt when launching the remoteapps.
I even tried the approach by cleaning IE's history, data to get the RDPSHplugin and its not helped in my case.
All servers run 2012.
I need some urgent assistance, please and thank you
I have also checked and rebooted the RDS environment multiple times.
All certs show valid. the mismatch also goes to another cert in my environment which is utilized by OWA.
Please help me.

I downloaded the script to C:\ and tried running it - no luck
PS C:\> .\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1 "remote.domain.com"
Security warning
Run only scripts that you trust. While scripts from the internet can be useful, this script can potentially harm your
computer. Do you want to run C:\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1?
[D] Do not run [R] Run once [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "D"): R
iwmi : Privilege not held.
At C:\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1:9 char:11
+ $return = iwmi -class "Win32_RDMSDeploymentSettings" -namespace "root\CIMV2\rdms ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Invoke-WmiMethod], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWmiMethod
I also tried it from the other HA RDCB server.
PS C:\> .\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1 "remote.domain.com"
Security warning
Run only scripts that you trust. While scripts from the internet can be useful, this script can potentially harm
computer. Do you want to run C:\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1?
[D] Do not run [R] Run once [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "D"): R
Set-RDClientAccessName : A valid fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for the server was not specified.
At C:\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1:22 char:1
+ Set-RDClientAccessName -ConnectionBroker $ConnectionBroker -ClientAccessName $Cl ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Set-RDClientAccessName
I also tried is this way-
PS C:\Users\administrator.TBCL\Downloads> .\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1
Security warning
Run only scripts that you trust. While scripts from the internet can be useful, this script can potentially harm your
computer. Do you want to run C:\Users\administrator.TBCL\Downloads\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1?
[D] Do not run [R] Run once [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "D"): R
cmdlet Set-RDPublishedName.ps1 at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
(Type !? for Help.)
ClientAccessName: remote.domain.com
iwmi : Invalid namespace
At C:\Users\administrator.TBCL\Downloads\Set-RDPublishedName.ps1:9 char:11
+ $return = iwmi -class "Win32_RDMSDeploymentSettings" -namespace "root\CIMV2\rdms ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [Invoke-WmiMethod], ManagementException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeWMIManagementException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWmiMethod

RDS 2012 R2 Separate Session Collection Behavior

Hi everyone! I should start by saying that I've found a number of threads which are semi-related to this topic, but they just don't seem to address my particular complaint. I'm not sure if this is a bug, a configuration error on my part, or if
it is expected behavior (which would be unfortunate for my intended use cases).
The issue is that I need to provide two separate collections of RemoteApps, and I only want the collection appropriate to the logged-in user to be displayed in Web Access (or in the feed, for that matter). One collection includes an expansive set of
RemoteApps, and the other collection includes a limited subset of those published in the first.
Now, I know that a SH can only belong to one session collection. That makes sense, and in my case, I wouldn't want it any other way. It offers better separation between the user environment intended for use by employees, and the user environment
intended for use by non-employees, which is a bit more restrictive. (Those are the actual purposes of the two collections described earlier.) So far, so good. Now, it seems to me like every other role beside the SH role should be able to
do its job for all collections. What other purpose could the concept of a "Collection" possibly serve, after all? If I had to stand-up Connection Broker, Web Access, Gateway, and Session Host for every collection of RemoteApps, then there
wouldn't need to exist any concept in RDS 2012 R2 called "Collections". So, I figured that Connection Broker, Web Access, and Gateway could serve all collections, and Session Host is of course limited to serving one single collection. And,
I guess, that's largely the way it works, with one exception.
My issue is that in Web Access, all RemoteApps from all published RemoteApp collections are presented to every user who has access to one collection OR the other, despite my best intentions of having provisioned each collection with seprate user group assignments
using two separate AD groups. I don't want to advertise all RemoteApps from all collections in the Web Access namespace! To me, the presence of "User Group" configuration at both the Collection level and at the RemoteApp level implies
that there is some user group filtering going on, but so far that's looking like a false assumption. Why would the RemoteApp list in one collection bleed into the RemoteApp list in the second collection? Why would I want the users of one collection
to see the applications of the other, even when they're not going to be able to launch them anyway?
Does anyone have anything to add to the equation? Is there something I'm missing? Thanks ahead of time.

This is now resolved. There is obviously some additional configuration necessary in some relatively odd places when you want your RemoteApp collections to work as advertised. I hope this thread can help others in that regard.
The relevant (error) event generated for each "populate list of RemoteApps for Web Access" process (refreshing the web access portal was my test case), when my IIS application pool is provisioned by the new AD account is Event ID 10, Source: RDWebAccess.
In the body, it says "[...] unable to access rdcb1.[local]" and suggests that the RD Web Access server needs to be added to the TS Web Access Computers security group on the connection broker. However, that was obviously already the case.
Although not 100% correct in its suggested resolution, this error was helpful, because it shows that the break is occurring when Web Access tries to populate RemoteApps, and is shows that the break is occurring en-route to the CB server. So, I added
the new service account (for the Web Access application pool identity) to the Administrators group on the server with the CB role, and all is now resolved. I now have two separate collections, the list of each appearing for the appropriate user scopes,
but not for both user scopes like before.
Obviously, adding an account as an administrator fixes a lot of access related things very easily, but it is probably not the least-privileged way of doing things. To that end, I'd like to know the least privileged way, but can certainly live with
this much improved functionality as-is.
Thanks for all your help, Razwer.

RDS 2012 weird printing problem

Hello All,
We have a very strange issue with 1 of our users. She can crash the print spooler very frequently. The problems almost always occurs when she need to print an excel file. Due to the frequency we needed to make sure the print spooler would always restart
otherwise making all of our users unable to print. The excel file she's trying to print isn't that large (90kb) and contains data from column A - AB. It consist of 684 rows of data. She then goes to file --> Print selects a printer and *boom* the spooler
crashes. It than display a message. The message usually lists:
1) Cannot connect to the printer
2) No printers installed
This also makes the event viewer fill up with the following events:
Faulting application name: spoolsv.exe, version: 6.2.9200.16384, time stamp: 0x501080ef
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16864, time stamp: 0x531d34d8
Exception code: 0xc0000002
Fault offset: 0x0000000000047b8c
Faulting process id: 0x7364
Faulting application start time: 0x01d01e8436f79952
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: 4ed8a353-8aac-11e4-940c-005056b34020
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Faulting application name: spoolsv.exe, version: 6.2.9200.16384, time stamp: 0x501080ef
Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.2.9200.17046, time stamp: 0x53b4864c
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000000000001069
Faulting process id: 0xa9ac
Faulting application start time: 0x01d01eb914acc298
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll
Report Id: dd68d8b8-8aad-11e4-940c-005056b34020
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Faulting application name: spoolsv.exe, version: 6.2.9200.16384, time stamp: 0x501080ef
Faulting module name: win32spl.dll, version: 6.2.9200.17041, time stamp: 0x53aa2d39
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x000000000007c024
Faulting process id: 0xa23c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d01ebad13bc3be
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\win32spl.dll
Report Id: 81db8d0f-8ab0-11e4-940c-005056b34020
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
While testing we came across a strange phenomena. When she logs onto a RDS server using RemoteApp we see that automatically a group of printers gets created. Those are not displayed in excel/word/outlook/etc. and are only visable trough Control Panel. If
we delete those and she relogs the automatically get recreated. Which printers are added differs from the server she is logged on by our load balancer.
Background of our RDS
Our RDS environment consist of a connection broker and 2 application servers. All of which are running
Server 2012 (non R2). All applications are started as a remoteapp from a Windows 7 or 8(.1) update 1)) or axel zero client. User have Remote Roaming Profiles (RRP) and a User Profile Disk (UPD). These are cached onto the RDS server, so creating a new profile
is almost impossible by our knowledge.
The odd part of all this is that we cannot reproduce this issue, and only this 1 user has this issue. Even removing all printers and leaving just the XPS and one note printer from Microsoft is enough to let the spooler crash. Because of this (and the fact
that no one else has this problem) makes me very certain this isn't an issue with our Print server;RDS server or Drivers.
So my question basically come down to:
1) Can i easily give the user a new profile even though the profiles are cached? (since this is a production environment a reboot can only happen on maintenance periods)
2) Where are these extra printers coming from? And how do i get rid of them?
General troubleshooting tips on this issue are welcome. As i'd like to know how this started or how i can find more helpfull information.
Thanks guys and have a happy x-mas.

Hello, Niek
Slenders.
Your problem very similar to us. We are using RDS on Windows Server 2012 R2 and RD Clients are Windows 7. Using Profile Disks too.
Main problems :
1). Print Spooler crashing. We enabled execution of Print Drivers in isolated process Group Policies. Learn
more.
2). Extra Printers, that cannot be deleted with user rights (Usually they looks transparent in Devices and Printers). This
update did not help. These printers are server specific and profile recreation does not help. If administrator log on server and delete these excess printers - they will disapper for
all users on this server. Therefore, they are store somewhere in HKLM. Temporary solution we use - clear
registry hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001(002)\Enum\SWD\PRINTENUM\ with Registrar Registry Manager and then reboot server;
3). Cannot connect to the Network Printer via FQDN. Solution - clear registry hive HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Print\Providers\Client Side Rendering Print Provider\Servers
4). None printer set as default - profile recreation helps.
Hope this help.
Hello fapw,
Thanks for your response. It is very detailed and i'm sure it will help us.
1) Already enabled isolation mode in case it were bad drivers. But the spooler keeps chrashing.
2) Just as we are experiencing. Thanks for pointing out the registery location. This might a great shot during the next maintenance window.
3) We have not yet seen this issue. Might be because we use the internet printing role and the users connect trough the webpage.
4) Hasn't been an issue so far. But good to know.
Will keep you updated.
Regards,
Niek

RDS 2012 R2 HA - CustomRdpProperty gets overwritten by sync

Hi,
I am implementing an RDS 2012 R2 Farm at a customer site. The customer is using different DNS-names internally and externally so I have implemented a Custom RDP Property via PowerShell on the Farm.
Set-RDSessionCollectionConfiguration -CollectionName "Collection" -CustomRdpProperty "use redirection server name:i:1 `n alternate full address:s:broker.external.com"
I can see, the property is applied and synced to the other broker servers - perfect!
I have verified via PowerShell and registry and I have tested that the 'redirection' actually Works - fantastic!
The problem is, that when the farm is synchronized Again, my custom property gets overwritten/deleted.
What am I missing? Permissions?
Is the Custom Property supposed to get written to the SQL database that is used for Broker high availability?
Hopefully someone can help med with this one :-).
Thanks in advance!
/Michael, Denmark

Hi,
Yes, they do get the files from the same source. If using RemoteApp and Desktop Connections it stores a cached copy of the .rdp files in the user's profile and updates them periodically, so it is possible some of them could be using a rdp
file with the old information. For RDWeb a fresh copy is downloaded each time the page is refreshed.
To keep things consistent I would recommend you undo the custom rdp property you made. To do this you can run the command on
both brokers with a just a space or newline (`n) for the customrdpproperty parameter, like this:
Set-RDSessionCollectionConfiguration -CollectionName "collectionname" -CustomRdpProperty " "
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