Happy Friday AskPerf!  The Remote Desktop Services team have been busy the last couple of weeks.  There are several new posts on the RDS blog – definitely great weekend reading!

• Creating Kerberos Identity for RD Session Host Farms Part I: using the Remote Desktop Services provider for Windows PowerShell: In Windows 2008, it is possible to provide server authentication by issuing a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate to the Remote Desktop Session Host (Terminal Server) farm and deploying it to each server in the farm. Since requiring SSL certificates on each server in RDS farm within an Intranet scenario can be expensive and burdensome, Windows Server 2008 R2 now provides an option to create a Kerberos identity for the farm for providing server authentication on intranet scenarios.

• Creating Kerberos Identity for RD Session Host Farms Part II: using a WMI Script: You can achieve finer control over the farm account in Active Directory by using the Win32_SessionBrokerFarmAccount WMI class. This class allows you to set or change account’s password, change the password update rules, set or change the DNS name associated with the account, or disassociate the account from the farm without deleting it from Active Directory.

• Using WSRM to control RDS Dynamic Fair Share Scheduling: In Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services, we have added kernel-based dynamic fair share scheduling (DFSS) to control CPU allocation. This system is able to throttle runaway processes in a matter of milliseconds, ensuring that the impact of runaway processes on users is immediately minimized.

• User Profiles on Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services: This blog post contains a high-level overview of different types of profiles, considerations for choosing a profile solution for your deployment, highlights of new profile features in Windows Server 2008 R2, and a best practices recommendation for deploying roaming user profiles with folder redirection in a Remote Desktop Services environment.

• Publishing in Windows Server 2008 R2: There are a number of ways in which an administrator can publish RemoteApp programs and virtual desktops in Windows Server 2008 R2. This blog post contains a brief, high-level overview of the publishing options you have, depending on the size of your deployment.

• Introducing RemoteApp and Desktop Connections: Since the debut of RemoteApp in Windows Server 2008, Windows users have been able to enjoy remote applications with the same look and feel as local applications. RemoteApp and Desktop Connections is a new feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that builds on this by bringing RemoteApp programs to the Start menu, giving them the same launch experience as local applications.

• Introducing RemoteApp User Assignment: We’re pleased to announce a new feature in Windows Server 2008 R2: RemoteApp User Assignment. The RemoteApp User Assignment feature gives administrators the ability to show a customized list of RemoteApp programs specific to the logged-on user in RD Web Access and RemoteApp and Desktop Connections. This has been one of our most requested features since Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) was released in Windows Server 2008.

Have a great Friday everyone!  Until next time …

- CC Hameed

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