![]() Summaryīy default Windows Server 2019 sets external remote desktop access to disabled as a security measure, we can easily optionally enable it from within the server console or via PowerShell to allow everyone or a specific set of users or groups.At the top of the screen, toggle the “Enable Remote Desktop” button to the “On” position. It is highly recommended that you configure more specific firewall rules where possible to only allow inbound traffic from known hosts. Remote Desktop should now be accessible in Windows Server 2019.īy default this will allow all connections in, the same as if we had just enabled it using the GUI steps shown above. Once complete we can use the ‘Enable-NetFirewallRule’ to configure Windows Firewall to allow remote desktop connections in:Įnable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop" Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -name "fDenyTSConnections" -value 0 While there isn’t currently an explicit PowerShell cmdlet used for enabling remote desktop, we can use the Set-ItemPropery cmdlet to modify the registry value that enables or disables Remote Desktop: That’s it, remote desktop should now be ready to use! After clicking the refresh button as highlighted below (or pressing F5 on the keyboard), the status should update to Enabled. Back in Server Manager, Remote Desktop may still show as Disabled until you refresh the view.Select the OK button to close out of the System Properties window and enable remote desktop. At this point you can optionally click the “Select Users…” button to define specific users or groups that have permission to connect via remote desktop.Once you select “Allow remote connections to this computer” the below warning message will appear, advising that this will create the required firewall rules in Windows firewall to allow remote desktop traffic in from any source address, select OK to proceed. ![]() ![]() Tip: You can also open the System Properties window shown above by entering “SystemPropertiesRemote” into a Command Prompt or PowerShell terminal.
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