Wilco van Bragt did a brief review of Windows 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services.

I already wrote this article earlier in which I describe the new features and enhancements in the Windows 2008R2 release. If you have wrote the article you have noticed that Microsoft changed a lot to the Terminal Services infrastructure. One of the major changes is the addition of a VDI solution into the previous Terminal Services architecture. This addition is causing the first change, which is not technical: the name change from Terminal Services to Remote Desktop Services. In addition all the roles have been renamed to reflect the new name. It is import to know and understand these new roles names for the rest of this review. Therefore I will display the changed names again.

In this review I will focus on the RD Session Host (previously known as Terminal Server, so I will not go into detail about the VDI component. However most parts described in this review are applicable to the VDI component like the RD Web Access and RD Connection Broker, but I won't describe the RD Virtualization Host component and corresponding configuration in this article (probably I will make a separate article about is later on). Because I already mentioned the new enhancements and features in the previous article I will concentrate in describing the configuration of these new features and enhancements.

Installation

Most product installations are getting more and more complex. Microsoft however is simplifying his installation steps in a great way. The installation of Windows 2008 R2 is really easy and with the initial configuration page. Also the installation of the RDS components is not a big deal with the role service installation wizard.

When choosing a role which needs additional components a pop-up will be shown mentioning which components are needed and with a single click on the button these components are installed as well. Like with all software products you should consider which role will be installed on which server, for example I do not advise to install the RD Web Access and RD Session Host on the same server (although I did it in my demo environment for this article) in production scenarios.

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