How do you enable remote desktop via group policy?
Q: I have several computers on my enterprise and I don’t want to manually allow remote desktop on each one. How can I enable it either across all computers or target a policy to certain groups?
A: You can do this via Group Policy. There are two things you need to configure as you would on any client a) Allow Remote Desktop and b) Configure the firewall to allow remote desktop. Below are the settings you need to find in the Group Policy editor:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > Network Connections > Windows Firewall > Domain Profile > Windows Firewall: Allow Remote Desktop Exception
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Allow users to connect remotely using Terminal Services
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Computer Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Connections > Allow users to connect remotely using Terminal Services
How to Enable or Disable Remote Desktop via Group Policy Windows Server
1- We can use Group Policy setting to (enable or disable) Remote Desktop
- Click Start / All programs / Administrative Tools / Group Policy Management.
- Create or Edit Group Policy Objects.
- Expand Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Remote Desktop Services / Remote Desktop Session Host / Connections.
- Allow users to connect remotely using Remote Desktop Services (enable or disable)
2- We can use Group Policy Preferences to (enable or disable) Remote Desktop
- Click Start / All programs / Administrative Tools / Group Policy Management.
- Create or Edit Group Policy Objects
- Expand Computer Configuration / Preferences / Windows Settings.
- Right click Registry / New / Registry Item.
- General Tab.
- Action :Update
- Hive :HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- Key path : SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminal Server
- Value name : fDenyTSConnections
- Value type : REG_DWORD
- Value date : 00000000 enable OR 00000001 disable
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Can we use Let's Encrypt, the free and open certificate authority?
Hola! gracias por la info, me sirvió el comando sacandole el nombre del server. En mi caso, fue una migración…
Yes 3rd option helped me too. I removed the WC key Values from config file then started working.
I know this is from 2014. But really, thank you!