Category: At least Windows Server 2008 R2

This policy setting allows you to limit the size of the entire roaming user profile cache on the local drive. This policy setting only applies to a computer on which the Remote Desktop Session Host role service is installed. Note: If you want to limit the size of an individual user profile use the “Limit profile size” policy setting located in User Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> System -> User Profiles. If you enable this policy setting you must specify a monitoring interval (in minutes) and a maximum size (in gigabytes) for the entire roaming user profile cache. The monitoring interval determines how often the size of the entire roaming user profile cache is checked. When the size of the entire roaming user profile cache exceeds the maximum size that you have specified the oldest (least recently used) roaming user profiles will be deleted until the size of the entire roaming user profile cache is less than the maximum size specified. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting no restriction is placed on the size of the entire roaming user profile cache on the local drive. Note: This policy setting is ignored if the “Prevent Roaming Profile changes from propagating to the server” policy setting located in Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Administrative Templates -> System -> User Profiles is enabled.

Fair Share CPU Scheduling dynamically distributes processor time across all Remote Desktop Services sessions on the same RD Session Host server based on the number of sessions and the demand for processor time within each session. If you enable this policy setting Fair Share CPU Scheduling is turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Fair Share CPU Scheduling is turned on.

This policy setting specifies whether Windows Installer RDS Compatibility runs on a per user basis for fully installed applications. Windows Installer allows one instance of the msiexec process to run at a time. By default Windows Installer RDS Compatibility is turned on. If you enable this policy setting Windows Installer RDS Compatibility is turned off and only one instance of the msiexec process can run at a time. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Windows Installer RDS Compatibility is turned on and multiple per user application installation requests are queued and handled by the msiexec process in the order in which they are received.

This policy setting specifies whether Remote Desktop IP Virtualization is turned on. By default Remote Desktop IP Virtualization is turned off. If you enable this policy setting Remote Desktop IP Virtualization is turned on. You can select the mode in which this setting is applied. If you are using Per Program mode you must enter a list of programs to use virtual IP addresses. List each program on a separate line (do not enter any blank lines between programs). For example:explorer. exemstsc. exeIf you disable or do not configure this policy setting Remote Desktop IP Virtualization is turned off.

This policy setting allows you to specify whether font smoothing is allowed for remote connections. Font smoothing provides ClearType functionality for a remote connection. ClearType is a technology for displaying computer fonts so that they appear clear and smooth especially when you are using an LCD monitor. Because font smoothing requires additional bandwidth resources not allowing font smoothing for remote connections can improve connection performance particularly over slow links. By default font smoothing is allowed for remote connections. You can configure font smoothing on the Experience tab in Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) or by using the “allow font smoothing” setting in a Remote Desktop Protocol (. rdp) file. If you enable this policy setting font smoothing will not be allowed for remote connections even if font smoothing is enabled in RDC or in the . rdp file. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting font smoothing is allowed for remote connections.

This policy setting specifies the IP address and network mask that corresponds to the network adapter used for virtual IP addresses. The IP address and network mask should be entered in Classless Inter-Domain Routing notation; for example 192. 0. 2. 96/24. If you enable this policy setting the specified IP address and network mask are used to select the network adapter used for the virtual IP addresses. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting Remote Desktop IP Virtualization is turned off. A network adapter must be configured for Remote Desktop IP Virtualization to work.

This policy setting specifies whether a session uses the IP address of the Remote Desktop Session Host server if a virtual IP address is not available. If you enable this policy setting the IP address of the RD Session Host server is not used if a virtual IP is not available. The session will not have network connectivity. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting the IP address of the RD Session Host server is used if a virtual IP is not available.