![]() Link the Group Policy Object to the Remote Desktop Services OU:Įxclude the Domain Administrators group from this policy (Deny Apply policy in the Delegation tab and then clicking Advanced).Ĭreating a temporary user to configure Start Menu redirection settings Navigate to User Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> Start Menu and Taskbar -> Remove common program groups from Start Menu. The second option we’ll leave checked now, I’ll show you why a little later. We don’t want users to have exclusive rights, so uncheck that. In the Target folder location box select “Redirect to the following location” and point the Root Path to the share, but include the Start Menu folder in the folder structure. Select the Basic setting, since we’re going to redirect for all users in this guide. Navigate to User Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Folder Redirection -> Start Menu. I set it to “Replace” but it all depends on how you configured Group Policies in your domain. You can find this setting by navigating to Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> System -> Group Policy -> Configure user Group Policy loopback processing mode. For this guide I named it “RedirectedStartMenu”. Then click OK.Ĭreating the Start Menu redirection Group Policy ObjectĪs creating the Domain and adding the RDS Server was not covered in the Step-by-step guide, make sure you create an Organizational Unit that holds the RDS Server object. Right-click the Redirection share and click Properties.Ĭheck Enable access-based enumeration. Select File and Storage services, then click Shares. To do this open Server Manager on the Domain Controller. Next we’ll need to enable access-based enumeration on the shared folder. ![]() ![]() No additional settings for this share have been changed here. I created the following folder structure: Since the setup I am using only has two servers, a Domain Controller and a Remote Desktop Services server, I will use the Domain Controller to hold this folder structure. To redirect the Start Menu we need a folder structure that is going to hold the redirected Start Menu. I realized I left it there when I was almost done with documenting this post.įirst things first, let’s prepare this environment for Start Menu redirection.Ĭreating the Start Menu redirection location This is not a requirement, but was part of another experiment. I added the “Desktop Experience” feature to the ITWRDS01. I used the setup from the Step by Step Windows 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Services – Part 1 post as a base for this guide, so check that post for details on how to set that up in a lab. ![]() The methods I describe below are therefore meant for Windows Server 2012 RDS environment, but work on Windows 2012 R2 RDS as well. This post will cover the basics for doing that and is based on implementations we have done for real customers, on Windows Server 2012. I got several requests and questions about customizing and managing a redirected Start Menu when using a Full Desktop session collection. ![]()
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