Here’s how you can enable Remote Desktop using PowerShell (credit to Samuel Yee, who has it documented here, saving me the trouble to fire up Process Monitor, one of the fine, and free, Windows SysInternals tools): In this case, I found running SystemPropertiesRemote.exe was faster, but PowerShell helps you automate these settings, for example, as part of unattended setup. Of course, many IT pros prefer PowerShell. If you want to allow RDP access to additional users, click Select users, select the users and then close the dialog box.įigure 3: Select users who should be allowed remote desktop connections Administrators have remote desktop access by default.Without NLA, the RDP host presents the user logon screen when the RDP session starts. This forces the authentication to occur before the session begins. Windows Server supports Network Level Authentication (NLA) for RDP connections. In the System Properties dialog, select Allow remote connections to this computer.įigure 2: Allow remote desktop connections.Type SystemPropertiesRemote.exe in a command or PowerShell window.If you’re just trying to enable RDP for remote admin connections, here’s how to do it. See What’s New in Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2016 for the laundry list. The latest and greatest Windows Server has many new Remote Desktop features. You can also create Azure VMs with Windows 2016. You can download it from your volume licensing site or MSDN. Windows Server 2016 has reached the General Availability (GA) milestone today.

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