XIA Configuration

Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration Documentation Tool

Software to automatically document your RDSH configuration

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Automatically document your Remote Desktop Session Host configuration with our IT documentation tool XIA Configuration.

Scan Active Directory to detect and inventory RD Session Hosts then automatically generate documentation
Locate which accounts are permitted to connect to a Remote Desktop Host and where RemoteApp applications are being hosted.
Ensure that all terminal servers within a farm are configured identically with the reporting feature.
Use the change tracking feature to monitor your RD Session Host installations.

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Remote Desktop Session Host Documentation Example

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XIA Configuration has a non-intrusive architecture with agentless data collection and PowerShell support.

Information documented by XIA Configuration

Find our more about the RD Session Host information documented by XIA Configuration below:

Terminal Server Settings
Connection (Session) Broker
Connections (Terminals)
RemoteApp Applications

Remote Desktop Session Host Settings

This section includes Remote Desktop Session Host settings.

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Delete temporary folders on exit
Active Desktop
Licensing Name
Licensing Description
License Servers
Operating System Name
Permission Compatibility
Remote Desktop Users
Restrict each user to a single session
Use temporary folders per session

A Terminal Server (known as Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server on Windows 2008 and above) is a server that hosts Windows-based programs or the full Windows desktop for Remote Desktop Services clients. Users can connect to a Terminal Server to run programs, to save files, and to use network resources on that server. Users can access an RD Session Host server by using Remote Desktop Connection or on Windows 2008 and above by using RemoteApp.

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Connection (Session) Broker

This section includes connection (session) broker information.

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Enabled
Server Name
Cluster Name
Load Balancing Participation
Load Balancing Weight

Remote Desktop Connection Broker (known as Terminal Services Session Broker in versions of Windows prior to Windows 2008 R2) provides several functions: Allows users to reconnect to their existing sessions in a load-balanced Remote Desktop or Terminal Services Session Host server farm. This prevents a user with a disconnected session from being connected to a different server in the farm and starting a new session; Enables you to evenly distribute the session load among Remote Desktop Session Host servers; In Windows 2008 and above provides users access to virtual desktops hosted on Remote Desktop Virtualization Host servers and to RemoteApp programs.

Connections (Terminals)

This section includes connections (terminals) information.

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General Settings
Logon Settings
Session Settings
Environment Settings
Remote Control
Client Settings
Network Adapter
Permissions

RemoteApp Applications

This section includes RemoteApp applications information.

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Alias
Command-line arguments
Icon File
Name
Path
Virtual Path
Path Exists
RDP File Contents
RemoteApp program is available through Web Access
Restrict to specified domain users and domain groups (Windows 2008 R2 only)

RemoteApp is a technology available from Windows 2008 that enables you to make programs that are accessed remotely through Remote Desktop Services appear as if they are running on the end user's local computer. Instead of being presented to the user in the desktop of the Remote Desktop Session Host server, the RemoteApp program is integrated with the client's desktop. The RemoteApp program runs in its own window, can be dragged between multiple monitors, and has its own entry in the taskbar.

Relationship Map

XIA Configuration automatically detects relationships including the host machine and RemoteApps.

Supported Platforms

XIA Configuration supports documenting RD Session Host configuration on the following versions of Microsoft Windows:

Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2
Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Windows Server 2003 and 2003 R2

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