Enabling RDP in Gold Images

Desktops using RDP may need to use NAT networking, which is the default setting in Session Settings. See Managing Session Settings

To define session settings to support RDH:

1. From the Desktop Policy screen, assign the new session settings to the user(s) who require it.
2. Select "Update" button to save the changes.
3. Start the VERDE User Console to launch the RDP connection.

RemoteFX-capable RDP, or RDP 8.1, can be used in the guest and on the client. The following are supported:

Client machines:

• Windows 7 32-bit, with SP1
• Windows 7 64-bit, with SP1

An update of RDP in a Windows Gold Image can improve performance, even if the client machine is an older Windows or a non-Windows platform.

Gold Images:

• Windows 7 32-bit, with SP1
• Windows 7 64-bit, with SP1
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition 64-bit, with SP1

Visit this site to download the files. After the files are downloaded, perform the following steps:

1. Install the hotfix and the appropriate version of the RDP 8.1 update.
2. Restart the operating system.
3. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.
4. Enable the Remote Desktop Protocol policy. The setting for this policy is under the following node:

   Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Remote Session Environment

5. Restart the operating system. Do not enable UDP transport.

Confirm the following items are configured for each Linux Gold Image.

Ubuntu

SSH must be installed in the Gold Image with the following command:

apt-get install ssh

CentOS/RHEL

Disable the in-guest firewall, or open port 22 in the guest firewall.