Programs
The Programs tab, shown in Figure 6,
gives you the option of starting a specific program when a remote
session is initiated. Select the Start The Following Program On
Connection check box, and then provide the path and file name of the
application you want to start.
Note
PLANNING CONFIGURING MULTIPLE SESSIONS
You can configure multiple Remote Desktop sessions to the same
computer and save different settings for each session. In some
sessions, it might be useful to have a specific application, such as
Windows PowerShell or the Exchange
Management Console, launch when the connection is initiated. Creating
and saving these settings can save you time later.
The Experience tab, shown in Figure 7,
displays performance settings you can use to help improve the
experience during the remote session. These settings can improve
performance over slow connections.
Detect Connection Quality Automatically is a connection optimization
option that disables or enables the following items if the connection
is too degraded to use them:
The other options specify bandwidths from which you can choose to ensure that your remote
desktop session performs appropriately. For example, if a remote site
has a connection speed of less than 2 Mbps, selecting Low-Speed
Broadband might be appropriate for those sessions. However, items at
the corporate office or items with high-speed links might not need any
configuration.
Typically, this setting works well when connection speed is detected because many sessions are over high-speed links.
The remaining two options on the Experience tab are as follows:
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Persistent Bitmap Caching This setting stores images on the local computer to improve performance while in the Remote Desktop session.
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Reconnect If Connection Is Dropped
This setting causes the remote session to be retried up to 20 times if
the link becomes degraded and the connection to the session is dropped.
The Advanced tab, shown in Figure 8,
addresses the need for server authentication and permission to
configure settings remotely. Your company security policies will
determine which settings you should use.
The following sections are on the Advanced tab:
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Server Authentication
Indicate the required authentication verification for the remote
session when verifying that the remote computer is the correct computer
for the remote connection. The default setting sends you, the helper, a
warning if authentication fails. Other options are Connect And Don’t
Warn Me and Do Not Connect.
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Connect From Anywhere
Select this option if you will be connecting to remote sessions when
you are also remote. This option ensures that your remote connections
are initiated through a Remote Desktop (RD) Gateway server, available
in Windows Server 2008 R2 and later. An RD Gateway server is a perimeter server that effectively hosts the connections to other machines within your environment. In the RD Gateway Server Settings dialog box, you can configure the following settings:
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Connection Settings These settings determine if you want incoming sessions to locate the RD
Gateway or if you will be specifying the server name and sign-in
information. You can also select not to use an RD Gateway server. The
default is to locate the server automatically. If you do not use an RD
Gateway server, you do not need to change this setting.
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Logon Settings Select these settings to identify which settings are to be collected and passed through to the sessions on remote computers.
