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With Windows 2012 server, the DC cannot perform additional RDS (RDP) functions. It must be a stand alone device.<br />
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We used to include the connection broker on the domain controller, now the connection broker is on it's own separate virtual server.<br />
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So in a typical situation you would have:<br />
1 - Hyper-V Server - Physical Hardware<br />
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On top of this you would have:<br />
1 - Domain Controller - Virtual Server<br />
2 - Remote Desktop Server - Virtual Server<br />
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If your adding remote app functionality:<br />
1 - Gateway/Web Access - Virtual Server<br />
2 - Connection Broker - Virtual Server
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With Windows 2012 server, the DC cannot perform additional RDS (RDP) functions. It must be a stand alone device.

We used to include the connection broker on the domain controller, now the connection broker is on it's own separate virtual server.

So in a typical situation you would have:
1 - Hyper-V Server - Physical Hardware

On top of this you would have:
1 - Domain Controller - Virtual Server
2 - Remote Desktop Server - Virtual Server

If your adding remote app functionality:
1 - Gateway/Web Access - Virtual Server
2 - Connection Broker - Virtual Server

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Hello,<br />
<br />
We have an office with three servers. &nbsp;Currently we have a domain controller running 2003 and a terminal server running 2003. &nbsp;Our database application is running on 2008.<br />
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We want to upgrade our aging hardware and need to find the most cost effective solution. &nbsp;We know a DC and TS on the same machine is a big no-no.<br />
<br />
Can we consolidate the DC and RDS functions using hyper-v and server 2012?<br />
<br />
We have about 20 people accessing the server over Remote desktop.<br />
<br />
Thanks for your help.
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Hello,

We have an office with three servers.  Currently we have a domain controller running 2003 and a terminal server running 2003.  Our database application is running on 2008.

We want to upgrade our aging hardware and need to find the most cost effective solution.  We know a DC and TS on the same machine is a big no-no.

Can we consolidate the DC and RDS functions using hyper-v and server 2012?

We have about 20 people accessing the server over Remote desktop.

Thanks for your help.

Server 2012 RDS Hyper-V Domain Controller

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.