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I've setup a collection of applications and can access them using RD Web Access with no issues, but I need to present these applications on the internet.

I've setup RD Gateway and can open a rdp session to a server desktop, is there anyway to access the applications only using the RD Gateway ?

Thanks

user148638
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  • Your question isn't clear. Can you add more detail to your question? – longneck Aug 02 '18 at 12:59
  • Basically I'm asking if RD Gateway can be used to access published applications as opposed to remote desktops ? I can't see a way of configuring the rdp client to open only the applications. – user148638 Aug 02 '18 at 13:09
  • Have you verified that the remote desktop connections work through the gateway? That would verify functionality of the gateway and firewall rules. – Cory Knutson Aug 02 '18 at 14:00
  • Yes, I can open a remote desktop with no issues through the gateway and I can see in that it's connecting through the RD Gateway manager. – user148638 Aug 02 '18 at 14:25

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I'm not sure if this is what you mean but when adding a Web Access role it will allow you to browse the internet to that URL and sign in to see the apps.

you can also use the connect to resources on Windows 8 + which allows the apps to be seen in the users start menu.

https://www.concurrency.com/blog/w/how-to-deliver-remoteapps-from-windows-server-2012

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From your description is sounds like you're after setting up RemoteApp rather than the traditional Remote Desktop. So rather than getting a full screen view of the remote server and the apps that are available on it, you want the app itself loaded on your machine so it's visible like any other app on your machine.

Since you already have RD Web Access configured and working you may already have most of the pieces in place, so it's mostly a matter of finding which additional elements haven't already been done.

Most of the guides online refer to 2012 rather than 2012 R2, but the steps are essentially the same between the two versions. I can't find a single guide that I'd really say covers everything, but this post - http://www.riptidehosting.com/blog/how-to-set-up-remoteapp-on-server-2012-r2/ - has links to the best ones I've found plus some others.

Once it's all configured you'll be able to start a published app via the RD Web Access so it opens in its own window (as I say, you may already be at that point), and you can then also optionally connect to your configured collection of apps via "RemoteApp and Desktop Connections" on your client machine to make them easily available locally without the need to use the Web Access site, and once the credentials have been saved locally you can open them in the same way as you would with any other local app.

While you can't pin the remote apps to your task bar like you would a normal app, you can add a new toolbar which links to them (right click the toolbar, go to Toolbars, New Toolbar, then navigate to where the rdp shortcuts are saved and select that folder), and then expand that onto your toolbar to make them easily accessible (they should automatically appear in your start menu).

Keith Langmead
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