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Set the Remote Desktop Gateway Server Address

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Updated: March 2, 2011

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

This procedure describes how to use the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) to specify the RD Gateway server that Remote Desktop Services clients use when connecting to internal network resources (computers) through an RD Gateway server.

By default, Remote Desktop Services clients automatically detect when RD Gateway is required.

Note

To manage Group Policy on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based domain controller, you must first add the Group Policy Management Console feature. To do this, start Server Manager, and then under Feature Summary, click Add Features. On the Select Features page, select the Group Policy Management check box. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

To change Group Policy settings for a domain or an organizational unit (OU), you must be logged on as a member of the Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, or the Group Policy Creator Owners group, or have been delegated the appropriate control over Group Policy.

To set the Remote Desktop Gateway server address

  1. Start the GPMC. To do so, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.

  2. In the left pane, locate the OU that you want to edit.

    • To modify an existing Group Policy object (GPO) for the OU, expand the OU, and then click the GPO.

    • To create a new GPO, follow these steps:

      1. Right-click the OU, and then click Create a GPO in this domain, and link it here.

      2. In the Name box, type a name for the GPO, and then click OK.

      3. In the left pane, locate and click the new GPO.

  3. In the right pane, click the Settings tab.

  4. Right click User Configuration, and then click Edit.

  5. In the left pane, under User Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, expand Remote Desktop Services, and then click RD Gateway.

  6. In the right pane, in the list of settings, right-click Set RD Gateway server address, and then click Properties.

  7. On the Settings tab, do one of the following:

    • Click Not Configured. Remote Desktop Services clients automatically detect when RD Gateway is required. When a connection through RD Gateway is required, the RD Gateway server or RD Gateway server farm specified by the user is used.

    • Click Enabled, and then specify a valid, fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the RD Gateway server or RD Gateway server farm that clients are to use when connecting to internal network resources. The name must match the name that appears in the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate for the RD Gateway server.

      By default, the Allow users to change this setting check box is selected, meaning that this setting is suggested, and users can specify an alternate RD Gateway server or RD Gateway server farm. To enforce this setting so that users cannot specify an alternate RD Gateway server or RD Gateway farm, clear this check box.

    • Click Disabled. Remote Desktop Services clients automatically detect when RD Gateway is required.

Important

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, but enable the Enable connections through RD Gateway policy setting, client connection attempts to any internal network resource will fail, if the client cannot connect directly to the internal network resource.

  1. Click OK.

Note

To configure RD Gateway settings by using the local computer policy, use the Local Group Policy Editor. To start the Local Group Policy Editor, click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc and then click OK. To configure local Group Policy settings, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.