A. With the rename of Terminal Services to Remote Desktop Services in Server 2008 R2, you also have new locations for the Group Policy settings to enable Remote Desktop.
- Open the Group Policy Object (GPO) you'll use for the remote desktop settings.
- Navigate to Computer Configuration, Policies, Administrative Templates, Network, Network Connections, Windows Firewall, Domain Profile.
- Double-click Windows Firewall: Allow inbound Remote Desktop exceptions.
- Set this to Enabled and add the addresses that can connect. This could be * for all IP addresses, specific subnets, or localsubnet for only the local subnet.
- Click OK.
- Navigate to Computer Configuration, Policies, Administrative Templates, Windows Components, Remote Desktop Services, Remote Desktop Session Host, Connections.
- Double-click Allow users to connect remotely using Remote Desktop Services, set it to Enabled, then click OK.
- Close the Group Policy object and make sure it's linked to the required locations.
Learn more: Q: How can I remotely enable Remote Desktop Services on a remote server?
Below is the report of my GPO that enables Remote Desktop. It will also enable Remote Desktop on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and later systems.
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