Remote Desktop Issues

1. Enable multiple users to connect server use remote desktop connections

In Windows Server 2008:

• Add ‘Terminal Service’ roles from Server Manager->Roles->Add roles.
• Select following Role Services: Terminal Server and TC licensing
• Finish the installation

In Windows Server 2008 R2

• Add ‘Remote Desktop Services’ roles from Server Manager->Roles->Add roles.
• Select following Role Services: Remote desktop session host and Remote desktop licensing.
• Finish the installation

After installing the role, you can config the terminal server use Terminal Services Configuration tool.

Start->Search: tsconfig.msc, and run the tsconfig.msc as administrator.

Or Start->Administrative Tools->Terminal Services->Terminal Services Configuration

Right-click the connection->Properties: you can configure here.

e.g. You can restrict each user to a single session or not.

At the Network Adapter, you can set allowed connections amount.

 

2. Cannot find a valid terminal service server

You should install the TS Licensing role service.

TS Licensing manages the Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs) that are required to connect to a terminal server.