Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS
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@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
Can this be used as a Remote Desktop Gateway for standard RDP clients as well?
Does it work from Android / iOS devices?
Yes, and.... Yes.
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@Dashrender said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
Can this be used as a Remote Desktop Gateway for standard RDP clients as well?
Does it work from Android / iOS devices?
Do you need a gateway for the RDP client? I guess you would if you're doing the auto startup/teardown thing, but if static VDIs, then probably not.
Guacamole is the gateway in this case if you want it to be.
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@Dashrender said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
Can this be used as a Remote Desktop Gateway for standard RDP clients as well?
Does it work from Android / iOS devices?
Do you need a gateway for the RDP client? I guess you would if you're doing the auto startup/teardown thing, but if static VDIs, then probably not.
My thinking of is like the RD Gateway role in Server 2012 R2... If I can set up Guacamole, and use that as my RD Gateway, then that's another Windows Server license that I don't need to use.
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@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@Dashrender said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
Can this be used as a Remote Desktop Gateway for standard RDP clients as well?
Does it work from Android / iOS devices?
Do you need a gateway for the RDP client? I guess you would if you're doing the auto startup/teardown thing, but if static VDIs, then probably not.
My thinking of is like the RD Gateway role in Server 2012 R2... If I can set up Guacamole, and use that as my RD Gateway, then that's another Windows Server license that I don't need to use.
Exactly, not only do you not need that Windows license (or that Windows overhead) but it saves on RDS CALs, too. So it's a double savings of licensing in that particular case.
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I did try an early version of the product which was good and did work, I did get some freezing with it early on but probably improved now. link is here: https://guacamole.incubator.apache.org/
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@scottalanmiller said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@Dashrender said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
Can this be used as a Remote Desktop Gateway for standard RDP clients as well?
Does it work from Android / iOS devices?
Do you need a gateway for the RDP client? I guess you would if you're doing the auto startup/teardown thing, but if static VDIs, then probably not.
My thinking of is like the RD Gateway role in Server 2012 R2... If I can set up Guacamole, and use that as my RD Gateway, then that's another Windows Server license that I don't need to use.
Exactly, not only do you not need that Windows license (or that Windows overhead) but it saves on RDS CALs, too. So it's a double savings of licensing in that particular case.
The question though... Is can I use the Android Microsoft Remote Desktop App, and use the Guacamole server as my RD Gateway to access a Windows machine?
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@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@scottalanmiller said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@Dashrender said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
@dafyre said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
Can this be used as a Remote Desktop Gateway for standard RDP clients as well?
Does it work from Android / iOS devices?
Do you need a gateway for the RDP client? I guess you would if you're doing the auto startup/teardown thing, but if static VDIs, then probably not.
My thinking of is like the RD Gateway role in Server 2012 R2... If I can set up Guacamole, and use that as my RD Gateway, then that's another Windows Server license that I don't need to use.
Exactly, not only do you not need that Windows license (or that Windows overhead) but it saves on RDS CALs, too. So it's a double savings of licensing in that particular case.
The question though... Is can I use the Android Microsoft Remote Desktop App, and use the Guacamole server as my RD Gateway to access a Windows machine?
No, it's a web interface. Not an RDP proxy.
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So there is never "accessing with a client." The whole point of Guacamole is that the web application IS the client.
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Would this be used on a bastion host?
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@tiagom said in Simple Brokered Windows VDI without RDS:
Would this be used on a bastion host?
Like a jump box? Yes.
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Very cool, will have to toy around with this.
