Hyper-V™ in Windows Server® 2008 R2 is a powerful virtualization technology that corporations can use to consolidate servers and thus lower total cost of ownership (TCO). An RD Session Host server-based deployment consists of several role services: RD Session Host, RD Licensing, RD Gateway, RD Connection Broker, and RD Web Access.
For a small to medium scale deployment, there are many advantages in deploying the Remote Desktop Services role services on virtual machines. This document presents the advantages and recommendations for deploying Remote Desktop role services on virtual machines. It also presents scalability data for a given hardware and virtual machine configuration by using Knowledge Worker scenario.
RD Session Host server-based deployment
A Windows Server 2008 R2 RD Session Host server-based deployment provides session-based desktops and RemoteApp programs to client computers. An RD Session Host server-based deployment consists of the following:
- An RD Session Host server
- An RD Licensing server
- An RD Gateway server
- An RD Connection Broker server
- An RD Web Access server
- Roaming profiles
This document provides guidance on deploying Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) and other Remote Desktop Services role services in a virtualized environment with minimal hardware resources. The document also provides scalability information for a virtualized Remote Desktop Services role configuration by using the Knowledge Worker scenario to help size hardware for similar workloads.
- WHITEPAPER: Deploying a Virtualized Session-Based Remote Desktop Services Solution
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