TSplus as an alternative to RDS without paying RDS license fees to microsoft
Hello, We are evaluating whether to use TSplus (https://www.terminalserviceplus.eu/) as an alternative to Microsoft RDS/Terminal Server. According to TSplus we can not install or uninstall the RDS role, so we do not use RDS CALs and use TSplus CALs. This way it would not be necessary to pay for Windows Remote Desktop licenses. Is this correct? I can't find any information from Microsoft about it reading documentation. As I see it is correct that using TSPlus without installing Microsoft RDS it would not be necessary to pay Remote Desktop licenses. Could someone confirm me that it is so?2025-01 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 KB5050008 Causing Slow Performance and Freezing
We had this same problem back in August with the 2024-08 Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 KB5041578, slow performance and freezing. Here we go again with KB5050008. Remote Desktop does not respond. It freezes up for minutes. We have SQL Server and Terminal Server on this Windows Server 2019 and people can't access it through Remote Desktop. I had to uninstall KB5050008. The server went back to normal. I don't a repeat of this with every Windows Server update. Please advise.Quser hangs and how to find the citrix load index equivalent
Dear all, at first, I was mostly active in a german forum, but most experts of it don't speak german... so I think in english I get more contact to admins with good knowledge. But could you give me some hints which foum, community here is the most activ one for questions on topics Windows Server, Remote Desktop Services and Active Directory? I found this sites and I am not sure how to select the right one: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/301/remote-desktop https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/220/windows-server https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server/ct-p/Windows-Server https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-server-for-it-pro/bd-p/WindowsServer Now to my current question on Remote Desktop Services: We have a farm with over 30 rdsh. Since some weeks we have login issues. We encountered, that we also have issues with getting session information with the "quser" command. The prompt hangs and no output is done. We have no idea why this happens. Did anybody seen this before? Second question: Some years ago we had Citrix Terminalservers. There was a thing called load index. The Citrix TS put up their load to the max value of 10000 during a logon process from a user. Afterwards it comes down to a lower value based on some math rules for ressources and so on. I haven't found any command in RDS to get a value alike the load value. Is RDS doing something similar to the load index like Citrix? Where can I get this value? How does a rdsh prevent too many logins at the same time? If we force simultaneously logons the user gets a message with i assume is in english "remote desktop services utilized" (in german Remotedesktopdienste ausgelastet). And also the quser command seems to take a "short break" and the output comes some seconds later. Best regards, Stefan
Moving vb6 program windows via rdp with fixed resolution
Hello, we have the following problem. Environment: - Windows Server 2022 Terminal Server - VMWare 7 and 8 - Android Mobile Computer (Datalogic & Zebra) - Mobile app Remote RDP apk with resolution forced to 240x320 - VB6 programs Randomly while using the mobile computer when I open a new window or application it opens shifted relative to the others and also relative to the center. The connection does not go down you stay connected all the time. And being there fixed screen can not be moved. If I exit and re-enter everything is resolved. From what could be due VB6 programs for window management? I would like to point out that with Windows Server 2019 version it does not give any kind of problem. I ask for your help or advice
Terminal servers - image viewer
I'm setting up some new terminal servers and trying to keep them as lightweight as possible. Server 2022 and Edge / Office can handle most file types for general office use, but of course there is no image viewer in Windows Server. What do others use? I believe there are licensing issues with Irfanview. Had a look at Nomacs but that looks a bit antiquated. Edge can actually open most common image files, but I've so far not found a way to set it as the default image viewer (still investigating). It currently defaults to Paint, but that's pretty useless as it opens at 100%, which is really not what is required given that most of the pictures being opened will be photos. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
Excel addin silent install for all users on TSE (security warning)
Hello, We are testing our new Terminal Server infrastructure (not in production yet) to provide access to Excel for our users. We have installed a proprietary plugin for them, and the issue is : everytime a user log on the server for the first time and starts excel, he is a facing the following security warning : https://imgur.com/a/U6IrhqP Is there a way to install this plugin once and for all for everyone ? Or to hide this warning and force a silent install ? If it's not possible, disabling it by default with the possibility for the user to enable it in the COM plugins developper tab would be acceptable too.Office 335 Apps on Terminal Servers
I have recently discovered that the Office 365 Apps are not supported at all on Server 2022, and will only continue to be supported on Server 2016/19 until 2025 (despite those OSs being in support until 2026/29 respectively). This is a pretty big deal for those who rely on terminal servers run on-prem or on any non-Microsoft cloudy services (e.g. AWS). It appears that after 2025 the only option will be Office 2021 LTSC, which is supported on Server 2019/22, but only until 2026 (which is when Office 2021 goes out of suppport) - and it seems unclear what will happen after that. Plus it would be very expensive as it would entail buying the Office 2021 licenses on top of the cost of the Office 365 subscriptions. None of this was mentioned in any of the regular notification emails which Microsoft sends out to tenant admins (those tend to focus on trivial matters in many cases), so I only found out by looking for the system requirements in detail. I have therefore had to abandon plans to upgrade our terminal servers to 2022, and stick with 2019. Does Microsoft have any plans to change this situation, or is the intention to force users away from terminal servers and onto Azure Virtual Desktop? The problem with that of course is that it can only be run on Azure or Azure-linked on-prem services (i.e. Azure Stack HCI). This is not a road we were planning on going down. Really not impressed by this. I can see no logic (other than driving yet more users towards Microsoft's subscription services), and the complete lack of announcements mean that sysadmins may not even be aware of it - normal precedent is for any in-support versions of Office to be validated on any new versions of Windows so the Office 365 apps not being supported on Server 2022 is not something which would have been reasonably predictable.Increasing Terminal Server CALs
We have an existing 2008 R2 terminal server with 25 CALs. We are wanting to add 25 more and our volume reseller is slammed with similar requests due to the COVID crisis and it could be weeks before they get to our request. Is there anyway to add those additional 25 (on the honor system) while we work through the lengthened process with our reseller as we really need them now.RDS 2019 limit resources
hello together I've been looking for a solution for months. How can I limit the resource on a RDS 2019 e.g. CPU and Memory? If a user logs in and runs a stress test, he takes all resources from the server, how can I limit this? Windows Server 2008 R2 had a feature "windows system resources manager" there you could limit it. I don't know why the feature was removed from RDS 2019. Is there an alternative? There must be an alternative... I wonder how the current RDS that are in operation will be managed with the new version. Thanks for your support
