Windows Server – Enable Multiple RDP sessions
KB ID 0000471 Problem Server 2012/2008 R2 unlike their predecessors, comes with the multiple remote desktop session restriction enabled. If you are only connecting to a server for remote administration purposes that can get a bit annoying, especially if you have a generic administrative account that multiple techs are using, and you keep kicking each other off the server. Just as with earlier versions of Windows server you CAN have...
RDS Server – Remove the Shutdown Command
KB ID 0000499 Problem I’m surprised that when you make a server a Terminal Services Server / Remote Desktop Services Server, that this does not get applied from an administrative template anyway, but it does not. Why would you want to do this? Well users are used to hitting Start > Shutdown, when they are finished working, which is fine, unless they are in a terminal session with 500 other users and they’ve just issued...
Windows Server Update Services – Install and Configure
KB ID 0000592 Problem Windows Server Update Service or WSUS, (previously called SUS Software Update Services) was an additional download that you could use to let one or more servers in your organisation handle the updates for your Windows clients and Microsoft applications. With Server 2008 R2, it is now included as a server ‘role’ rather than a download. It’s a great tool for centrally managing and reporting on...
Remote Desktop Services – License Server ‘Greyed Out’
KB ID 0000837 Problem I changed the IP addressing of a new client a few weeks ago. They have a remote site that uses Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services). By the time I got to the remote site to set everything back up again I was greeted with this. The remote session was disconnected because there are no Remote Desktop Licence Servers available to provide a license. Please contact the server administrator. I assumed this was...
Deploying Certificates via ‘Auto Enrollment’
KB ID 0000919 Problem SHA CERTIFICATE WARNING: Note This article was written some time ago, ensure your CA environment does NOT use SHA1 for your certificates, if it does, Please visit the following link for migration instructions; Upgrade Your Microsoft PKI Environment to SHA2 (SHA256) I need to setup wireless authentication based on computer certificates, I’ve done similar jobs before by manually issuing certificates for Cisco...