VPN and Remote Desktop Connection

I have a standalone windows 2012 server that runs a domain with a few workstations. I have successfully configured a PPTP VPN and can connect using a Windows 7 computer at home. Once connected to the VPN, I can Remote Desktop to the server - but not any
other computers. The computer I'm trying to connect to runs Windows 7 and has remote desktop connections enabled.
Under the Access Details in the Remote Access Management the VPN connection is shown correctly first to the router (x.x.x.1) then the server (x.x.x.2) under Protocol 17 and Port 53. Then the server is shown again under Protocol 17 and Port 3389, which must
be the Remote Desktop connection. And then the workstation on the domain (x.x.x.20) also shows a connection with Protocol 17 and Port 3389. However, the remote desktop connection fails everytime. I'm not sure where the issue exists since it appears the server
is seeing and acknowledging the remote desktop connection. On my router I have PPTP passthrough enabled and port forward 3389 to the server.
I have attempted to use the workstations internal IP address as well as the computer name (workstation and workstation.domain.local) when connecting.
Thanks for your help.
I just noticed these three event errors on the destination remote machine. Not sure why it's trying to use L2TP?
Failed to apply IP Security on port VPN2-1 because of error: A certificate could not be found.  Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPSec require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as a computer certificate..  No calls
will be accepted to this port.
A certificate could not be found. Connections that use the L2TP protocol over IPsec  require the installation of a machine certificate, also known as a computer  certificate. No L2TP calls will be accepted.
The Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol service either could not read the SHA256 certificate hash from the registry or the data is invalid. To be valid, the SHA256 certificate hash must be of type REG_BINARY and 32 bytes in length. SSTP might not be able to
retrieve the value from the registry due to some other system failure. The detailed error message is provided below. SSTP connections will not be accepted on this server. Correct the problem and try again.

Morning Trent,
I don't know if this is still an issue for you, did you get it solved?
If not, check on the server whether the user credentials that you're using to RDP to the workstation are actually authorised server-side. If that checks out, on the VPN connection you can specify a protocol to use. Specify the protocol that your VPN is configured
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