F5 and Microsoft RDS RemoteApp
Hello,
Has anyone implemented an F5 device with MS RemoteApp? Our RDS solution is basically as follows:
We currently have 12 RDS session host servers split across 2 RDS Collections, based upon AD group membership, users get directed to either of the 2 Collections.
I have been investigating the possibility of integrating a HA pair of F5 devices to eliminate any single points of failure and to allow for non user impacting patching, maintenance etc. I have found the below document, scenario 5 looks like it could be what we are looking for. Ideally an F5 could entirely replace the RDG and RDC roles, the F5 would interact directly with the RDS session host servers themselves.
MS does have the capability to add additional RDG and RDC servers but requires SQL, in turn to be resilient this would need to be an SQL cluster requiring additional servers and expensive licensing.
https://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-microsoft-remote-desktop-services-dg.pdf
Grateful for any response from anyone else who has implemented a similar solution or had similar experiences.