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Require Client Certificates for RDS 2012

Is it possible to require RDP clients connecting to RDS 2012 to have a client certificate?  I know the server has one.  But, I would like to add a bit more security than just username/password.  I also know that VPN is possible, but was looking for something a bit less cumbersome.
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The client machine must have a valid certificate requires you setup a certificate authority.  This is a machine certificate and not a user certificate

http://www.alkia.net/index.php/faqs/106-how-to-secure-remote-desktop-connections-using-tls-ssl-based-authentication
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David,

I saw that but besides dealing with an older version of RDS, it is talking about getting the TLS/SSL connection by issuing a certificate to the RDS server and making sure the clients trust the issuing authority.  A third party certificate is on the RDS server.  What I want to know is is it possible to issue certificates to client PCs/devices and require that to connect to RDS?  So, not only do you have to have the proper credentials, but you have to have a device with the proper certificate.  Similar to what you can setup for an IIS website.

Thanks for the reply.
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That's what I figured.  Thanks everyone for the help.