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Will RDP-Client v.6 running on Windows Mobile 6.1 connect to Windows 2012 R2 Terminal Server?

In our warehouse environment, we have xxx Motorola MC9090's running Windows Mobile 6.1. The handhelds connect to a home grown application via RDP to a Windows 2003 terminal server. We are in plans to retire Windows-2003 servers accordingly and will be replacing them with 2012 R2 Terminal servers.

We are trying to determine what, if any upgrades we need to consider for the RDP clients on the handhelds.

There are lots of misleading and conflicting documentation regarding older RDP clients connecting to Windows 2012 RS terminal servers.

This seems like a yes or no question....
We're looking for some sort of comparison or document sheet that shows RDP compatibility by TS server OS.

All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated......

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Cliff Galiher

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rmjcvelez007

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Thanks Cliff. What about using Terminal Server 2008 R2? Should downgrade our Terminal Server OSes to Win-2008-R2 to buy some time? New handhelds will no doubt break the budget.

thanks again.

Cliff Galiher

Same boat. The issue isn't how new 2012 is, but how old RDPv6 is. Patching FREAK (or some future TLS 1.0 exploit) can break 2008 R2s RDPv6 support easily as well. And since that'd be a security patch, it can happen well into 2008 R2's extended support. In short, if you are still using RDPv6, you are playing with fire and are on borrowed time.

rmjcvelez007

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Thanks again for your comments-
Our win-mobile devices and terminal servers are on an isolated (VLAN) network and the traffic never traverses the internet.

In our scenario, if we're willing to play with fire ;>) Will windows mobile 6.1 using TLS 1.0 connect to a Windows 2012 Terminal Server? Does Windo

In other words, to make our Win-6.1 mobile devices work for the next 6 months, could we deploy Windows 2012 R2 Terminal Servers, never update or patch the servers to buy some time, then purchase new mobile devices when feasible?

thanks again..

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