The Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 allows you to select roles
and features to install and configure the Remote Desktop Service (RDS).
To install the Remote Desktop Service:
- Launch the Server
Manager. The Server Manager dashboard appears.
- Select Manage from
the toolbar on the top right of the screen.
- A drop-down
menu appears. From this menu, select Add Roles and Features.
- If the Before you
Begin screen appears, read the information and click Next.
NOTE:
You can confirm the destination server at any time by verifying the name
of the destination server in the upper right hand corner of the wizard.
- On the Select Installation
Type screen, you are offered two options for installing roles and features.
Select Role-based or feature-based installation. Click Next.
- On the Select Destination
Server screen, select the server on which you want to install the Remote
Desktop Services, Then, click Next.
Destination options allow you to:
- Select a
server from the server pool. Use this option to select a server from the
server pool on your local computer. Confirm the destination by verifying
the destination server in the upper right hand corner of the wizard.
- Select a
virtual hard disk. Use this option to select a local or remote Windows
Server virtual hard disk file. Only virtual hard disks that contain a
Windows Server 2012 operating system are valid destinations. Blank virtual
hard disks or hard disks, which contain an operating system other than
Windows Server 2012, will fail.
- On the Select Server
Roles screen, click the checkbox before Remote Desktop Services. Then,
click Next.
When you select a role,
a description of that role appears in the rightmost pane.
- On the
Select Features screen, check one or more features to install on the server
you selected. Then, click Next.
This installs Windows-defined
features from the destination server.
- The Remote Desktop
Services screen appears. Read the Remote Desktop Services description.
Then, click Next.
- From the
Select Role Services screen, select the following five services. Then,
click Next.
- Remote Desktop Connection Broker
- Remote Desktop Gateway
- Remote Desktop
Licensing
- Remote Desktop Session Host
- Remote Desktop Web Access
- The Network Policy
and Access Service screen displays. Read the description on this page
before clicking Next.
- The Select Role Services
screen appears. Accept the default selection, Network Policy Server, and
then click Next.
- The Confirm Installation
Selections screen appears. Click Install.
This screen displays the previously selected
roles and features targeted for addition from the destination server.
Additional options available on the confirmation pane include:The roles,
services, and features you have selected are install. A progress bar appears
for this feature installation.
a. When
the installation completes, click Close.
b. Restart
your machine.
NOTE: Follow steps 13-14 or just insert the DVD. The iFIX install selects the correct install mode.
- Navigate to Control
Panel > All Control Panel Items. Select Install Application on Remote
Desktop.
- The Install Program
from Floppy Disk or CD-ROM screen opens. Click Next.
- The iFIX startup
screen appears. Click Install iFIX.
- When
the installation completes, on the Finish Admin Install screen, click
Finish.
NOTE:
Do NOT click the Finish or Cancel button before the installation has ended.
- Restart your machine.
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