Installing and Configuring Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) on Windows Server 2008 R2 - part5

Eliminate Certificate Warnings (optional)
Now let’s work to eliminate the multiple certificate warnings we receive when accessing our Remote Desktops and RemoteApp programs.  In this example I will make use of an enterprise certificate authority configured in my AD domain, of which my RD Session Host/Web Access server is a member.
Note that this process will only eliminate the warnings if my clients and RDS server are members of the AD domain since they will automatically trust the AD enterprise certificate authority.  If you have non-domain clients that connect to your RDS server you’ll need to export and import your CA root certificate into the certificate store on these systems so the IIS and RDS certificates are trusted.  Page 1 of the post Configuring Non-Domain Windows IIS Servers has details on how to do this.

Installing and Configuring Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) on Windows Server 2008 R2 - part4

Test Newly Published RemoteApp Program
Now I’ll log on to a client machine in my domain to test the newly published Calculator.  On the client open up Internet Explorer and enter “http://YourWebAccessServer/rdweb”.

Installing and Configuring Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) on Windows Server 2008 R2 - part3

Configure Session Host to Use Licensing Server
After you reboot and log on to your Session Host and go to Start > Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.

Installing and Configuring Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) on Windows Server 2008 R2 - part2

Install Remote Desktop Session Host and Web Access Roles
Now switch to the server that will be our Remote Desktop Session Host and Web Access server.  Start Server Manager.

Installing and Configuring Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) on Windows Server 2008 R2 - part1

In the latest release of Windows 2008 R2, Terminal Services has been renamed Remote Desktop Services (RDS).  There are many enhancements in this release including enhanced multimedia performance and the ability to publish custom applications sets to specific users through Remote Desktop Web Access.  The Web Access role as the name suggests allows users to access Remote Desktop applications through a web site.  This feature is official known as RemoteApp.  The new name for the core Terminal Server running in application mode for user sessions is Remote Desktop Session Host.
In my environment I will configure the Remote Desktop Session Host and Web Access roles on the same server.  I will also install the Remote Desktop Licensing role on a dedicated server so that any additional Session Hosts I add in the future can share this service.  The License Server role can be installed on your Session Host server if desired.  All of my servers are members of an Active Directory domain.