Publishing a desktop

To publish a remote desktop from an RD Session Host:

1. In the RAS Console, select the Publishing category and click the Add icon below the Published Resources tree. This will launch the publishing wizard.

   Note: If the wizard has all options disabled, it means that there are no resources (servers) in the Farm from which publishing can be configured.

2. In the first step of the wizard, select Desktop and click Next .
3. In the Select Desktop Type step, select RD Session Host Desktop and click Next.
4. Select one or more RD Session Hosts which desktops you want to publish. You can select all available servers, server group(s), or individual servers. Please note that if you have just one RD Session Host, this page will not be displayed.
5. Click Next .
6. In the next step:
   • Specify a name and description for the desktop, and optionally change the icon.
   • Select the Connect to administrative session option if you want users to connect to the administrative session.
   • Select Exclude from session prelaunch if needed. For details, see Understanding session prelaunch .
   • Select the Start automatically when user logs on option if you want to open a desktop as soon as a user logs on.
   • Specify the desired screen resolution using the Desktop Size drop-down list. To set a custom width and height of the screen, select Custom in the Size drop-down list and specify the desired values in the fields provided.
   • In the Multi-Monitor drop-down list, select whether the multi-monitor support should be enabled, disabled, or whether the client settings should be used.
7. On the next page, specify the initial status of the resource. Choose from Enabled (end users can launch the resource), Disabled (the resource will not appear in Parallels Client), In maintenance (the resource will appear in Parallels Client but users will not be able to launch it). When a resource is in maintenance and a user tries to launch it, they will see a message. To customize the message, click the Configure button. For more info, see Site defaults (Publishing) .
8. When done, click Finish to publish the desktop.