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Windows Small Business Server 2011 : Adding a Terminal Server - Adding a RemoteApp to Remote Web Workplace

8/21/2013 4:02:41 AM

One of the cool things you can do with the new RemoteApps capability is add an application directly to the RWA landing page. This allows a user working remotely to directly and securely access an application on the SBS network without having to log on to take a full Remote Desktop session.

The basic process is

  • Create an .rdp file for the application.

  • Save the .rdp file to the path where Remote Web Access resides on your SBS server.

  • Create a new MIME type in Internet Information Services (IIS) for RDP.

  • Add a link to the .rdp file to the RWA page using the SBS Console.

Let’s go through the process to add a link to Microsoft Word 2010 to the RWA page. If you don’t have Microsoft Office installed on your RD Session Host, you’ll need to use a different program in these steps, but the result will be the same.

First, follow these steps on the terminal server to create an .rdp file for Microsoft Word 2010:

  1. Open RemoteApp Manager if it isn’t already open (remoteprograms.msc).

  2. If you already have an entry in the RemoteApp Programs section for Microsoft Word 2010, skip to step 6. If not, select Add RemoteApp Programs from the Actions menu to open the RemoteApp Wizard.

  3. Click Next to open the Choose Programs To Add To The RemoteApp Programs List page.

  4. Scroll down and select Microsoft Word 2010 from the list, as shown in Figure 1.

    Figure 1. Selecting Microsoft Word 2010 to add to the list of RemoteApps

  5. Click Next and then click Finish to add Microsoft Word 2010 to the list of RemoteApp programs.

  6. Select Microsoft Word 2010 in the list of RemoteApp Programs, and then click Create .RDP File in the Actions pane to open the RemoteApp Wizard.

  7. Click Next to open the Specify Package Settings page of the RemoteApp Wizard.

  8. Type in the UNC path to the Public share on your SBS server for the location to save, as shown in Figure 2.

    Figure 2. Save the .rdp file to the Public share of your SBS server

  9. Verify that the RD Gateway Server Name is shown as the public DNS name of Remote Web Access. If it isn’t, click Change and adjust as required.

  10. Click Next and then click Finish to create the file.

Next, let’s log on to the SBS server and move that .rdp file over to where we need it by following these steps:

  1. Log on to the main SBS server with a Network Administrator account.

  2. Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to \\localhost\public, as shown in Figure 3.

  3. Highlight the WINWORD .rdp file, and copy it to the clipboard.

  4. Navigate to the main directory for Remote Web Access. The default location is C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\Bin\WebApp\RemoteAccess. Paste the WINWORD .rdp file. You’ll be prompted for permission because this is a protected folder.

Figure 3. Locating the WINWORD .rdp file


Next, we need to create a new MIME type for the .rdp extension by following these steps:

  1. Open the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager from the Administrative Tools menu.

  2. Highlight the server name in the left pane, navigate to Sites, then to Default Web Site, and finally to Remote. Click MIME Types in the center pane, as shown in Figure 4.

    Figure 4. The IIS Manager console

  3. Click Open Feature on the Actions menu to open the MIME Types in the center pane, as shown in Figure 5.

    Figure 5. The MIME Types feature in the IIS Manager console

  4. Click Add in the Actions pane to open the Add MIME Type dialog box. Type .rdp in the File Name Extension field, and type application/x-remotedesktop in the MIME Type field, as shown in Figure 6. Click OK.

    Figure 6. The Add MIME Type dialog box

  5. Right-click the server name in the left pane and select Stop from the Actions menu.

  6. Right-click the server name again and select Start.

  7. Close the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager console.


Note:

It doesn’t actually matter what Mime type you create here. We’ve chosen application/x-remotedesktop for consistency with standard Mime naming conventions, but Windows and IIS are actually smart enough to make this work with pretty much any Mime type.


Finally, we need to add the Microsoft Word 2010 link to the RWA page by following these steps:

  1. Open the Windows SBS Console if it isn’t already open.

  2. Click Shared Folders And Web Sites in the navigation pane, and then click the Web Sites tab as shown in Figure 7.

    Figure 7. The Web Sites page of the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Console

  3. In the Remote Web Access Tasks section, click View Site Properties to open the Remote Web Access Properties dialog box as shown in Figure 8.

    Figure 8. The Remote Web Access Properties dialog box

  4. Click Home Page Links in the left pane, and then click Manage Links to open the Remote Web Access Link List Properties dialog box, shown in Figure 9.

  5. Click Organization Links in the left pane to open the Manage Organization Links page in the right pane..

  6. Type Use Microsoft Word 2010 in the Link Description field, and then type the link to the .rdp file you added in the Link Address field, as shown in Figure 10. (This should be https://remote.sbsexample.com/remote/winword.rdp, where sbsexample.com is replaced by your DNS name.)

  7. Click Add and then click OK twice to close the Remote Web Access Link List Properties dialog box and return to the Windows SBS Console.

  8. Highlight Remote Web Access, click Disable This Site in the Tasks pane, and then click Enable This Site in the Tasks pane.

  9. Log on to Remote Web Access, and you’ll see the new link, as shown in Figure 11.

    Figure 9. The Remote Web Access Link List Properties dialog box

    Figure 10. Adding an Organization Link to Remote Web Access

    Figure 11. Remote Web Access showing the new link to Microsoft Word 2010

  10. The first time you run this or any other RemoteApp, you’ll have multiple prompts to provide credentials and confirm you really want to do this. You can save your selections so that you’re not prompted again, if you choose.

Microsoft Word 2010 probably isn’t the most important application that you’ll want to be able to run remotely, but it provides a simple example for our purposes. Each business has a different application set that it needs to make available remotely, but any application that currently requires logging on to a remote desktop or using a virtual private network (VPN) connection is an obvious choice.

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