Windows virtual desktop server 2008

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Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. We will need to make some registry modifications, firewall rules, and do some scripting. Naming the virtual machine is a very important step. In this example my VM is called Desk It is not going to work if the guest and the VM name are not the same.

After you finished naming the VM, provide a path where to store it then hit Next. Here you can specify the name, the location and the size of the virtual hard disk. I recommend you leave the virtual hard disk name unchanged.

Click Finish. And here we are. One will run Windows 7 Desk01 and the other Windows 8 Desk The first step in configuring the guest OS, is to enable Remote Desktop. You can do this manually, or using Group Policy; it all depends on the number of clients you have to configure.

For this demonstration purpose I will use Group Policy. If you are having trouble using this method, Microsoft has a very nice article on how to do it, and you can read it here. The next step is to assign who can RDP into this machines, because right now only Administrators can do it. If you want to, you can create a security group, and in this group add the users that you want to be able to login using a RDC Remote Desktop Connection. If you want to restrict users to log in to RD Web Interface, I have an article on how to do it, and you can read it here.

It all depends on how much security you need in your environment. Double click it, set it to 1, then reboot. This can be also done using Group Policy.

On the Actions box you need to choose Create in order for the policy to apply to Windows XP machines also, if not just leave the default, Update. Next, configure the firewall by enabling the Remote Service Management.