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RDP This computer can't connect to the remote computer

I have been looking here and several other places but cannot find an answer to this issue.  The situation is a little different than the ones I have found so far.

I'm trying to connect to a server that has been newly created.  Myself and others cannot connect to the server using remote desktop.  I have tried IP and DNS record.  I have tried multiple users, nothing gets me past the error.  This is happening to myself and another co-worker.  It seems that another user is able to access the server.  Our desktops run windows 7 enterprise, servers are 2012 R2,  I can connect to other servers running 2012 R2, in fact if I go to one of those servers I can access the new
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Have you configured these users to allow remote desktop access?  If you are trying to manage the server, you do this by right-clicking the Start Menu, select "System", and then "Remote Settings" on the left-hand side.
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How far do you get and what is the explicit error message?
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The problem was with server hardening.  

So we needed to upgrade the RDP client.