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Johan_Eriksson
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Apr 05, 2019
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How do I configure WVD to only use one monitor/screen - It always spans all my monitors

Using Server 2016 for the session hosts and Windows 10 to connect. BTW: Is there an up-to-date list of supported settings that I can refer to?   I tried to use the setting "use multimon" on the ho...
  • FortyMegabytes's avatar
    FortyMegabytes
    Mar 09, 2020
    Set-RdsHostPool -Tenant <tenant name> -Name <host pool name> -CustomRdpProperty 'use multimon:i:0'
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Johan_Eriksson
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May 16, 2019

Christian_Montoya Thanks for the reply and the link. Yes, I got it to work with that setting in the end.

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Vladimir_Synergy
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Mar 09, 2020

How to do it with Windows Client, it spans all 3 monitors, users are forced to use Web Client.

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    FortyMegabytes
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    Mar 09, 2020
    Set-RdsHostPool -Tenant <tenant name> -Name <host pool name> -CustomRdpProperty 'use multimon:i:0'
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      rahi12
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      May 06, 2020

      FortyMegabytes  Set-RdsHostPool -Tenant RevitOnOff -Name VMOnOff -CustomRdpProperty 'use multimon:i:0'

       

      I have tried this but it didnt work, still all screens appears

      Or does it take time to prapogate

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        Sai Gutta
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        Jun 03, 2020
        Which client are you using?
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      stevenzelenko
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      Apr 02, 2020

      FortyMegabytes did you have to reboot the servers after this was applied?  A lot of our users are using the RD app for Mac (which in general isn't great) and when they go in windowed mode, it puts their multiple monitors in a window.  Looks awful.  Anyone have any comment if this is a limitation with RD app for Mac?

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        FortyMegabytes
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        Apr 02, 2020

        stevenzelenko No reboot needed, change happens immediately.

         

        We don't have any Mac clients, so I can't speak as to why they would be doing that.  I do know that you can have your local RD client settings set to override the app group default settings.  So you may want to take a look to see what settings are enabled on those Macs.

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      Oliver-76
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 17, 2020

      FortyMegabytes 

       

      do you just set the value to 1 if you do want multimonitor? The new deskop client form the store does not use multimonitor by default and I need it to? 

       

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        Christian_Montoya
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        Mar 17, 2020

        Oliver-76 : Thanks for the follow-up. Two things to note:

        1. Windows Virtual Desktop is not officially supported through the Microsoft Remote Desktop application in the Microsoft Store (we are working on it though). Please use the Windows Desktop client.
        2. Regardless, the Microsoft Remote Desktop application in the Microsoft Store inherently has limitations being a Universal Windows App and the framework does not allow multi-monitor. We are working with the larger Windows framework team to enable this.

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