Windows Server 2022 is the newest version of Windows Server and the operating system is supported until October 2031. Microsoft 365 Apps (formerly Office 365) is NOT supported on Windows Server 2022. However, Office LTSC 2021 is supported on Windows Server 2022. Office 2019 is also supported on Windows Server 2022. See Office/Windows matrix here: […]
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Using Windows Remote Desktops is the Quickest/Easiest method to share a Microsoft Access Database application among many users:
Do you need full Microsoft Access to create/modify Access databases or do you only need Access Runtime to allow users to only run existing Access databases. If you only need MS Access Runtime, you can save on Office/Access licensing fees. Riptide Hosting can provide Microsoft licensing for the full version of Access 2019, Access 2016, […]
On our Windows VMs, we provide the Microsoft licensing (Windows Server licensing on all, and when needed: MS Office (or a component such as MS Access or MS Excel), Remote Desktop Services (RDS) and SQL Server). In fact, our users cannot use their own Microsoft licensing on our Windows VMs. If a client want to […]
Below are general steps to purchase/install a Trusted SSL Certificate for use with Remote Desktop Gateway (RDGW) and Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) that are installed on the same/single server in workgroup mode. We created this based on using a Trusted SSL Cert from GoDadddy. Our clients can ask for a more detailed tutorial of […]
Update: see more detailed post on how to install the RD Gateway Role on Windows Server 2019/2016 here: http://www.riptidehosting.com/blog/installing-the-remote-desktop-gateway-role-rdgw-on-windows-server-2019/ RD Gateway Role in RDS Using the Remote Desktop Gateway Role (RDGW) provides additional security by forcing RDP traffic over https/port 443 (requires SSL certificate) instead of port 3389. General steps to install the RDGW role on […]
You may want to see which users are logged on to your Windows 2016 Server at any given time and may want to logoff a user. Users can be “active” on a server or in a “disconnected” session status which means they disconnected from the server but didn’t log off. Since disconnected sessions continue to […]
This post is about how to shadow a user session if the Windows Remote Desktop Server is not connected to a domain. If the server is connected to a domain, you can go to server manager, RDS Manager, and right click on current sessions to shadow and connect. When the server is in Workgroup mode […]
Adjusting Server Manager settings to it doesn’t automatically start upon login (or turn it back on) Update: the steps below for modifying auto-start for server manager within the server manager GUI will only affect the user account under which it is being set. To change the auto-start behavior for all users to not automatically start, […]
SWITCH TO RIPTIDE HOSTING FOR YOUR MS ACCESS HOSTING NEEDS Microsoft announced that Access-based web apps and Access web databases in Office 365 and SharePoint Online will be shut down by April, 2018. See link here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Access-Services-in-SharePoint-Roadmap-497fd86b-e982-43c4-8318-81e6d3e711e8?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US This does not affect Access Desktop databases (.accdb). One alternative you should consider is use of a Windows […]