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Jlee_106250
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Jun 17, 2014

Configuring Remote Desktop Services 2012 R2 according to the F5 deployment guide

We are using Remote Desktop Services on Server 2012 R2, and we intend to deploy all RDS roles (Gateway, Web Access, Connection Broker, and Session Host) in a high-availability configuration. We are a...
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Jlee_106250
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Jun 17, 2014

Thanks for the quick response.

 

I'm not aware of any configuration on the RDGW for the RDCB HA FQDN - can you specify where this is configured?

 

That's correct; there is no longer an option to configure a RemoteApp source in RDWA. There is an option to set the client access FQDN for the RDS deployment using the Set-RDClientAccessName PowerShell cmdlet, but this also changes the RDCB HA FQDN in the deployment's configuration, which is a bit confusing.

 

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Jun 18, 2014
Hi Mike - what you're saying is the way we expect it to work. However, when we have the hostname as the RDCB FQDN and the gateway set to the RDGW FQDN, then disable RDCB Load Balancing (according to the F5 guide, we should disable it), the deployment no longer functions and clients are unable to connect. We are disabling load balancing by applying the "Use RD Connection Broker load balancing" Group Policy setting on the Session Host servers (set to Disabled) - is that correct? Also, in the situation that you describe, would we need an RDSH F5 virtual server at all, or just the ones for RDCB and RDGW? Thanks again for your help so far.