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RDS2012 vs RDS2008

Hello,

I am installing a new RDS server in Windows 2012 R2  which will replace our old Windows 2008 R2 RDS server

It seems to me and to various users that the "user desktop experience" is degraded in Windows 2012 RSD remote desktop:
- Desktop icons are not as "sharp" as in windows 2008,
- desktop resolution cannot be changed in the remote session
- Mouse moves not as smoothly as in Windows 2008
- APplications (Word, Excel, Outlook) are slower to open, slower to move between one application to another..
- Start menu has gone and the WIndows 8 interface is not pleasant to every user...

IS there a way to improve "user desktop experience"? TO make it similar to Windows 2008 R2 ? to change resolution on the remote desktop? to make the mouse moves faster, and more fluidly?
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Regarding program speed and mouse issues, that is usually a god sign that hour RDS server is simply underpowered. Put 2008 on an underspec'd machine and it'll perform poorly too.

For fuzzy graphics and resolution, use newer OSes to connect. With high resolution displays becoming the norm, such as Apple's retina displays, resolution changes became very problematic. Pogroms and fonts would be tiny on such displays. Windows 8, 2012, and RDS client apps for mac and android have all been updated to use scaling on the client instead of specifying resolution on the server., the legacy RDC client can still set a resolution before you connect, but the experience is not good for many users. RemoteFX and scaling works much better, and things won't appear fuzzy.

As for the windows 8 "experience" ... yep. That's what you get with 2012. Just the way it is.

To be fair though, the industry haa moved away from connecting to full desktops. Whether RDS with remoteapps, or Citrix with den and a Citrix receiver, the trend is to publish individual applications. Then the user just sees the apps their native device. The GUI aesthetic of the server becomes irrelevant.
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THank you for your answer
THe new 2012 R2 TSE server is a HyperV VM. Mémory 12Go
THe old 2008 R2 TSE sever is physical with 16Go RAM

Can this config be a problem?
Thank you
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Thank you very much. It seems clear to me.