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Feature #779

Enable Remote Desktop from PowerShell on Windows 2012 Core

Added by Daniel Curtis almost 9 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Daniel Curtis
Category:
Server Management
Target version:
Windows Server 2012
Start date:
03/20/2016
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Estimated time:
0.50 h
Spent time:
1.00 h

Description

This is a short guide on setting up Remote Desktop on a Windows 2012 Server Core machine from the PowerShell.

  • Open a command prompt and start powershell:
    powershell
  • Enable Remote Desktop
    set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server'-name "fDenyTSConnections" -Value 0
  • Allow incoming RDP on firewall
    Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop"
  • Enable secure RDP authentication
    set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp' -name "UserAuthentication" -Value 1
  • Then reboot the windows server:

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