Remote Desktop Server Management via PowerShell

Start the Windows PowerShell command window and switch to RDS context:

Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Administrative Tools. Right-click Windows PowerShell Modules, and then click Run as Administrator. In the PowerShell command window, type the following:  cd RDS:

Use Dir and CD browse through the options to find the settings you need.

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Windows 7 x64 RDP Issue

A client on mine bought 2 new Dell XPS 8100s running Windows 7 x64. Everything is great except they couldn’t connect to virtual machines running 2008 R2 or 7 with RDP.  After a few seconds the screen would freeze for a few minutes then work for few seconds only to freeze again.

Connecting to XP

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Citrix Licensing Error

I came across another Citrix Licensing error.  In the event log it says there is an issue with the system time.  However, there is nothing wrong with the time, nor has it changed recently.

The client sees this error:

Citrix Presentation Server license acquisition error (-8): Unable to acquire a license from (ServerName) server. Please

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XenApp 6 Allow non-admin users RDP access

Courtesy the Citrix Forums:

1. Open Delivery Services Console, expand XenApp, expand your farm, select Policies.

2. Select the User tab, select Unfiltered, click the edit button.

3. On the Wizard’s first page, click Next.

4. Select ICA under Categories.

5. Under Settings select Desktop Launches, click Add, select Allowed

6.

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JRP Plant Wizard and Survey Wizard

Had an issue trying to get PW and SW working through Citrix.

I figured out that if I gave the app users local admin rights they would be able to launch the programs.

After I removed the local admin rights they were still able to run the programs.

It seems that waiting until after local

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Terminal Server License Server Unavailable error

Users get: “The remote session was disconnected because there are no Terminal Server License Servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server administrator.”

Solution:

Open Regedit, find this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftMSLicensing

Right-click on ‘MSLicensing’, select Delete, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.

Restart the computer.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services

Remote Desktop Services is the new name for Terminal Services.

Terminal Services has been around since NT4 and MS has made it better with each version of Windows.

It also forms the foundation Citrix XenApp is built on.

Speaking of XenApp, MS has added a bunch of features to RDS that look surprising like XenApp,

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