So we use a Citrix environment (it's really old runs on Win2003, is Presentation Manager v 4.58, has 2 front end web servers as load balancing, and 2 back end servers in the farm that are running a single application ).
And what we will be doing is to replace all that with a Win2012 environment, running Remote Desktop Services in a similar configuration (front end web servers, back end farm). Now, all these Win2012 servers will be VMware ESXi 5.0 Update 2 VMs (or that's what we want - all VMs). My task is a proof-of-concept environment - someone else will be involved in the actual migration. So what I need to do is publish a single app, in a similar fashion to my existing Citrix environment (via a front end web server) as a proof-of-concept that we can/should be able to do this as VMs. And I am having trouble understanding what I need to do to set this all up. I have a Win2012 server that I installed RDS onto (as a Role - I installed the Remote Desktop Connection Broker, Remote Desktop Session Host, and Remote Desktop Web Access - I haven't installed the Licensing Host yet) - . And I'm not sure where to go from here. I've seen lots of web sites that detail RDS, etc But they don't seem to be what I want - or, if they are, I'm Just Not Getting It. It has something to do with RemoteApp, near as I can figure. I'm completely unclear on how the front end web servers will enter into it, but one step at a time, I guess. Server Manager at the moment shows me Remote Desktop Services, and tells me a RDS deployment does not exist in the server pool. Right now I want to just set up a test app (even Notepad will do fine, as a test), and I want to see it work from a client's web browser (clients will be XP and Win 7). Can somebody point me at a beginner how to for this? Years back, I set up a Win2003 terminal server, but that was an entire desktop, not just specific published applications (which is what I need in this case). Thanks. I realize I will need to provide more info, please feel free to ask. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
