Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX on a Remote Desktop Session Host Server Step-by-Step Guide

Microsoft® RemoteFX™ enables access to the RD-Sitzungshost server from a wide range of client devices including rich clients, thin clients, and ultrathin clients. It also ensures lower bandwidth than Windows Server® 2008 R2 when transferring rich graphics applications. When used with a hardware-based application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the server running Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 is capable of hosting more sessions than previous versions.

This step-by-step guide walks you through the process of setting up a working Remotedesktop-Sitzungshost (RD-Sitzungshost) that uses RemoteFX and that is accessible by using Remote Desktop Connection (RDC). During this process, you will deploy the following hardware in a test environment:

• An Active Directory® Domain Services domain controller
  
  
• An RD-Sitzungshost server that uses RemoteFX
  
  
• A Remote Desktop Connection client computer
  
  

This guide includes the following topics:

• Step 1: Setting Up the Infrastructure
  
  
• Step 2: Installing and Configuring Remote Desktop Session Host
  
  
• Step 3: Configuring RemoteFX on a Remote Desktop Session Host Server
  
  
• Step 4: Verifying the Functionality of RemoteFX for Remote Desktop Session Host
  
  
• Step 5: Configuring RemoteFX for an Optimal Experience
  
  

Prerequisites

We recommend that you first use the procedures provided in this guide in a test lab environment. Step-by-step guides are not necessarily meant to be used to deploy Windows Server features without supporting deployment documentation, and they should be used with discretion as stand-alone documents.

Upon completion of this step-by-step guide, you will have an RD-Sitzungshost server with RemoteFX that you can connect to by using Remote Desktop Connection. You can then test and verify this functionality by connecting to the RD-Sitzungshost server from a client computer.

The test environment that is described in this guide includes seven computers that are connected to a private network by using the following operating systems, applications, and services:

The following documents can assist you in configuring RemoteFX:

• Hardware Considerations for Microsoft RemoteFX (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=191918)
  
  
• Install Microsoft RemoteFX (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=192572)
  
  
• What’s New in Microsoft RemoteFX (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=192437)
  
  
• Deploying a Single Microsoft RemoteFX Server Step-by-Step Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=177903)