RD Gateway connection fails on Windows 7

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:27:15 +0000

I needed to connect remotely via Remote Desktop to a Windows Server 2012 machine.

I received an rdp file that was configured to use an RD Gateway server:

However when trying to connect from my Windows 7 laptop (x64) machine, I got the following error message:

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Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:34:26 +0000

In Enterprise environments users are often working on a remote (virtual) desktop such as when using SBC or VDI.

They typically get a full screen session, perhaps on a thin client, and have not idea that they are using a remote desktop.

The Problem
However when they press Ctrl-Alt-Delete they get either the local Security Attention Screen / Task Manager or nothing at all if it has been blocked.

Clever users know they can use alternative key combinations such as Shift-F2 for Citrix or Ctrl-Alt-End for RDS.

But that's not the seamless experience we want to give our users, is it?

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RD Gateway connection fails on Windows 7

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