Add a local user to your serverĪdd this user or multiple users you have created into the Remote Desktop Users group which allows the local user to remote desktop into the Windows Server 2019 remote desktop services server. Now, create your local user(s) that will be used to connect to the Windows Server 2019 Workgroup remote desktop services server. Note, below, I haven’t added any additional licensing for the demo. Activate your license serverĪfter you go through the wizard to install your licensing, you should see your server activated. Launch the RD Licensing Manager console and right-click on your server and select Activate Server. Installation finished and ready to restart the serverĪfter reboot, you can activate your Remote Desktop Licensing.
Add remote desktop session host and licensingĪfter installation, you will need to reboot your server to finish the role installation. For a simple Windows Server 2019 remote desktop services without domain installation, you simply need to add the Remote Desktop Licensing and Remote Desktop Session Host role services. Select the Role Services that will be installed with the role installation. Launch Server Manager and install the Remote Desktop Services role. Windows Remote Desktop Services and Licensing in a Workgroupįirst, let’s setup the basics to connect to a single Windows Server 2019 server that is running Remote Desktop Services (RDS) for user connectivity. However, there are use cases when you may want to configure Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 in a workgroup and utilize remote desktop services.
We all know that Windows Server in an Active Directory domain has access to many more powerful ways of doing things, centralized management, and security model. Especially in production, we don’t simply want to do something just because we can without a good reason. Remote Desktop Services without Domain use casesįirst of all, before you know how to do something, it is good to know why you would want to do it. What if you have a need for running Windows Server 2019 as a remote desktop services server but you are not running a domain? If your Windows Server 2019 server is in a workgroup in an edge environment possibly and you need to run remote desktop services, is this possible? Also, what about setting up Windows Server 2019 remote desktop gateway with a workgroup? Is that possible? Can you install both on the same server in a workgroup? In this post, we will take a look at the use case of running Windows Server 2019 remote desktop services without domain services running and answer these other questions regarding the workgroup configuration with RDS and Windows Server 2019.
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