RDS Farms in Windows 2008 R2

Hi,
I have a lab with following structure.
RDWEB.test.com ---> RD web server
RDCB.test.com ----> Connection broker
RDSH01.test.com ----> Session server 1
RDSH02.test.com ----> Session server 2
RDSH03.test.com ----> Session server 3
RDSFarm01 (RDSH01, RDSH02, RDSH03) configured.
My Requirement:-
Now I have added two more servers (RDSH04 & RDSH05) in above lab. But this time I want to use RDSFARM02 for these two servers being connection broker (RDCB.test.com ) same as above.
Could you please let me know if it is possible to configure 2nd RDS Farm (RDSFARM02) with same connection broker server (RDCB.test.com) in windows 2008 R2 Environment?
System Engineer

Hi,
Yes, you can configure a second RDS farm using the same broker if you would like. If using DNS RR create the A records for the new FQDN (for example, rdsfarm02.domain.com) to point to RDSH04 and RDSH05, and in RD Session Host Configuration (tsconfig.msc)
on RDSH04 and RDSH05 set the farm name to RDSFARM02.
-TP

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