Our standard template for Windows Server 2016 enables a group policy to automatically download, install and apply (restart if needed) Windows Updates classified as important on a nightly basis around 3am. You can modify and confirm the setting as shown below. Modify the group policy settings located here. Open Local Group Policy Editor by typing […]
You can follow the steps below to install .net 3.5 on a Windows Server running 2012R2: Insert Windows Server 2012R2 installation media into DVD-rom (Riptide will have to do this for your remote server) Follow instructions on this link and as described below https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn482071.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396 Open Server Manager, add Roles and Features Select .NET Framework 3.5 […]
Azure RemoteApp discontinued – use Riptide Hosting as alternative to Azure RemoteApp and Citrix Microsoft announced this month that it is discontinuing its Azure RemoteApp service and no new purchases will be available after October 1, 2016. Here is a link to their announcement Azure RemoteApp shutting down Riptide Hosting provides Remote Desktop (Terminal Server) […]
You may want to see which users are logged on to your Windows 2012R2 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 […]
Users can create a shortcut on their desktop to the Remote Desktop Connection Client on their local PC to make it easier to login to their remote server. The shortcut can include customization like enabling printer redirection, enabling clipboard (to copy and paste between the server and local PC), hard drive redirection and more. You […]
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, […]
Summary – Hosting desktops in the cloud goes by many names and can be setup in several methods depending on your needs. As you can see below, some setups can be costly from a Microsoft licensing perspective and some setups are better if you wish to share applications among users or alternatively have a completely […]
RDS SUMMARY: We get many questions about Remote Desktop Services on our hosted Windows Servers and below is a summary of many of our blog post, issues and links to helpful solutions and discussions. Most clients that use Remote Desktop Services (RDS) use full “desktop sessions” where each user has their own desktop session to […]
Fixing login problems with Remote Desktop Services If you have having issues logging into a Windows Server with Remote Desktop Services, below are some things to try. For example, some users have seen an error like this when trying to login “Remote Desktop Connection: An authentication error has occurred. The Local Security Authority cannot be […]
We can provide most Microsoft software licensing on a monthly basis through the SPLA program. These licenses are provided on a monthly basis and are easily provisioned. In some situations, you can use your own valid Microsoft volume licenses but there are numerous restrictions. For example, Microsoft Office does not have license mobility rights and […]