Hi All
I have setup a test RDS environment which comprises of the following servers/roles
Server1 Roles/Info
Gateway role
RD Web role
Connection Broker role
Server2 Roles/Info
Session Host role
Member of RDS Farm
Weight 100
Server3 Roles/Info
Session Host role
Member of RDS Farm
Weight 80
I have added DNS entries for the rds farm name pointing to the 2 host session servers. On Server1 I have added the farm name as a remoteapp source (I’m not sure if this was necessary)
On the 2 Host session servers in host session configuration – RD Connection Broker properties – RD Connection Broker tab – Change settings, I have selected farm member and added the connection broker server name and the farm name. I have also added different weights to load balance accordingly. So far so good. If I test going through RDWeb and selecting a remoteapp it goes to the higher weighted server so that seems to work.
My problem is if I try and RDP (purely for admin purposes) onto the less weighted server (Server3) the RDP session seems to redirect back to the higher weighted server again. Is this to be expected with my setup? I essentially don’t want rdp sessions for admins to be confused with RDS environment. All logins through RDWeb and rdp sessions are using a Domain Admin account.
Ideally I only want users to have remoteapp access. Not RDP