Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX for Personal Virtual Desktops Step-by-Step Guide

Microsoft® RemoteFX™ is included as part of the Remotedesktop-Virtualisierungshost role service, and it enables the delivery of a full Windows user experience to a range of client devices including rich clients, thin clients, and ultrathin clients. RemoteFX renders content by using graphics processing units (GPUs) that are present on the server and then shared across multiple virtual desktops. RemoteFX renders a range of content including DirectX and all types of multimedia, and it is optimized for LAN-based networks.

This step-by-step guide walks you through the process of setting up a working Persönlicher virtueller Desktop that uses RemoteFX. During this process, you will deploy the following components in a test environment:

• A Remotedesktop-Virtualisierungshost server that uses RemoteFX
  
  
• A Remotedesktop-Verbindungsbroker (RD-Verbindungsbroker) server
  
  
• A Remotedesktop-Sitzungshost (RD-Sitzungshost) server in redirection mode
  
  
• A Web Access für Remotedesktop server
  
  
• A virtual machine that is configured as a Persönlicher virtueller Desktop
  
  

This guide assumes that you previously completed the steps in the Installing Remote Desktop Session Host Step-by-Step Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=147292), and that you have already deployed the following components:

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

This guide includes the following topics:

• Step 1: Setting Up the CONTOSO Domain
  
  
• Step 2: Setting Up the Virtual Machine
  
  
• Step 3: Configuring the Personal Virtual Desktop
  
  
• Step 4: Installing and Configuring RemoteFX
  
  
• Step 5: Verifying the Functionality of RemoteFX for Personal Virtual Desktops
  
  
• Step 6: Configuring RemoteFX for an Optimal Experience
  
  
• Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions and Troubleshooting Tips
  
  

The goal of a Persönlicher virtueller Desktop is to provide a user with a virtual desktop that is assigned to only that user.

For a downloadable version of this document, see the Deploying Microsoft RemoteFX for Personal Virtual Desktops Step-by-Step Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=192430) in the Microsoft Download Center.

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 a Persönlicher virtueller Desktop that uses RemoteFX. You can then test and verify this functionality by connecting to the personal virtual desktop from Web Access für Remotedesktop as a standard user.

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 computers form a private network, and they are connected through a common hub or Layer 2 switch. This step-by-step guide uses private addresses throughout the test lab configuration. The private network ID 10.0.0.0/24 is used for the network. The domain controller is named CONTOSO-DC for the domain named contoso.com. The following figure shows the configuration of the test environment.

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