#Installing windows server 2012 r2 remote desktop services windows

#Installing windows server 2012 r2 remote desktop services windows

In Windows 2012, you connect to the Connection Broker and it routes you to the collection by using the collection name. In Windows 2008/2008 R2, you connect to the farm name, which as per DNS round robin, gets first directed to the redirector, next to the connection broker and finally to the server that will host your session.

Now that you know what type of certificate you need, letРІР‚в„ўs talk about the contents of the certificate. Examples including, but not limited to: GoDaddy, Verisign, Entrust, Thawte, DigiCert If you're going to allow users to connect externally and they will not be part of your domain, you would need to deploy certificates from a public CA. You can request and deploy your own certificates and they will be trusted by every machine in the domain. The easiest way to get a certificate, if you control the client machines that will be connecting, is to use Active Directory Certificate Services. When you open the certificate, the РІР‚ВGeneralРІР‚в„ў tab will also contain the purpose of this certificate to be РІР‚ВServer AuthenticationРІР‚в„ў as seen below:Р”Р„nother way to validate this, would be to go to the РІР‚ВDetailsРІР‚в„ў section of the certificate and look at the РІР‚ВEnhanced Key UsageРІР‚в„ў property: This will be visible when viewing the certificate in the РІР‚ВCertificatesРІР‚в„ў MMC snap-in, as below: Select Client-Server Authentication and then click OK. In the certsrv snap-in, right-click Certificate Templates and select New then Certificate Template to Issue. For Domain Computers, click the checkbox to РІР‚ВAllow AutoenrollРІР‚в„ў. Click OK until you return to the Properties of New Template dialog.Р”В¬lick the Security tab. Click Add then select Server Authentication. On the Extensions tab, click Application Policies then Edit. On the General tab, change the Template display name to Client-Server Authentication and check Publish certificate in Active Directory. Right-click Workstation Authentication and click Duplicate Template. Right-click Certificate Templates and select Manage. In the details pane, expand the instructor computer name. Open CERTSRV.MSC and configure certificates. This certificate can be generated using the РІР‚ВWorkstation AuthenticationРІР‚в„ў template (if required).

Certificates with no 'Enhanced Key Usage' extension can be used as well.Р”Р„s the function it performs suggests, we need a РІР‚ВServer AuthenticationРІР‚в„ў certificate. The 'Enhanced Key Usage' extension has a value of either 'Server Authentication' or 'Remote Desktop Authentication' (1.3.6.1.4.1.311.54.1.2). The certificate has a corresponding private key. The certificate is installed into computerРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљPersonalРІР‚Сњ certificate store. The following blog contains information regarding the type of certificates and how you can create them using the Internal CA of the domain.Р”В«asic requirements for Remote Desktop certificates: What type of certificate is required for RDS? So, as long as the client trusts the server it is communicating with, the data being sent to and from the server is considered secure. When a communication channel is setup between the client and the server, the authority that issues/generates the certificate is vouching for the server to be authentic. This is done to prevent possible man-in-the-middle attacks. When a client connects to a server, the identity of the server that is receiving the connection and in turn, information from the client, is validated using certificates.

Good morning AskPerf! Kiran here with a question for you: Why do we need certificates? Well, certificates are used to sign the communication between two machines. First published on TECHNET on Jan 24, 2014