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Josh_41258
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Feb 12, 2014

RDS 2012 Connection Broker Clarification

I'm currently designing a RDS 2012 farm using the following document: http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-microsoft-remote-desktop-services-dg.pdf.   We are attempting to use Scenario 1 but...
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Feb 12, 2014

You don't need a virtual server for Connection Broker if you aren't using RD Gateway. The Session Host servers contact the Connection Broker directly for a persistence token that is passed to the client. When the client connects again through the Session Host virtual server, the LTM MSRDP profile will read that token and send the client to the proper Session Host server without making a load balancing decision.