Install the TS Session Broker Role Service

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

You must install the TS Session Broker role service on the server that you want to use to track user session information for a load-balanced terminal server farm. The Windows Server 2008-based server where you install the TS Session Broker role service does not have to be a terminal server or have Remote Desktop enabled.

You can use a single TS Session Broker server to track user sessions across multiple farms, as there is minimal performance overhead.

When you install the TS Session Broker role service, the following changes occur on the local computer:

  • The Terminal Services Session Broker service is installed. By default, the service is set to Started and to Automatic.

  • The Session Directory Computers local group is created.

Installation prerequisites

The server where you install TS Session Broker must be a member of a domain.

Note

If you install the TS Session Broker role service on a domain controller, the Session Directory Computers group will be a domain local group and available on all domain controllers.

Installation procedure

Membership in the local Administrators group is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

To install the TS Session Broker role service

  1. Open Server Manager. To open Server Manager, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.

  2. If the Terminal Services role is already installed:

    1. Under Roles Summary, click Terminal Services.

    2. Under Role Services, click Add Role Services.

    3. On the Select Role Services page, select the TS Session Broker check box, and then click Next.

    If the Terminal Services role is not already installed:

    1. Under Roles Summary, click Add Roles.

    2. On the Before You Begin page of the Add Roles Wizard, click Next.

    3. On the Select Server Roles page, select the Terminal Services check box, and then click Next.

    4. On the Terminal Services page, click Next.

    5. On the Select Role Services page, select the TS Session Broker check box, and then click Next.

  3. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, confirm that TS Session Broker is listed, and then click Install.

  4. On the Installation Results page, click Close.

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