Remote Desktop Services Performance and Tuning in Windows Server 2012

Remote Desktop Services Performance and Tuning in Windows Server 2012

Remote Desktop Services provides both Session and VM based Windows desktops and Applications.  Decisions on the configuration of both the operating system and specific applications can drastically change both the end user experience and density per host (which translates to cost) so should be carefully considered.

There are some general guidelines to planning and verifying Windows 2012 servers, including all RDS roles:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/jj248719.aspx 

Performance measurements and tuning per role service:

- RD Client
    Script to fine tune a VM image (in 2012)
    New script to tune a Windows 8 VM image
- RD Session Host TBD
- RD Virtualization Host
     HP Client Virtualization SMB Reference Architecture for Windows Server 2012 - http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA4-3901ENW&cc=us&lc=en 
     Dell DVS reference architecture for Windows Server 2012 http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/555/shared-content~data-sheets~en/documents~dvs-reference-architecture-windows-server-2012.pdf 
- RD Connection Broker
      Article which includes scale testing up to 5k desktops
     RD Connection Broker  Performance and Scalability whitepaper - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=38779 
- RD Gateway
     Tuning for idle settings:  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771956(v=ws.10).aspx
     One fix for slow access thru gateway http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc772479.aspx   
     RD Gateway Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2012: http://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/download/details.aspx?id=38798 
- RD Web Access

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