As discussed in the Load Balancing Remote Desktop Web Access section, implementing load balancing for RD Web Access can be compared with a regular website running on the HTTPS protocol (port 443).

Before configuring the LoadMaster, ensure to have the DNS names and IP addresses available for all Web Servers running the RD Web Access role in your deployment.

To retrieve the RD Web Access servers in your deployment, open the Remote Desktop Management Services (RDMS) console as part of server manager, go to the Overview, and refer to the Deployment Servers section as shown above.

Alternatively, use the PowerShell equivalent by running the command GET-RDServer as part of the Remote Desktop PowerShell module.

RD Web Access Server

IP Address

RDP-RDGW01.rdpdoc.net

10.154.201.2

RDP-RDGW01.rdpdoc.net

10.154.201.3

In the above example, two RD Web Access servers are part of this deployment.

Ensure that all RD Web Access servers are accessible. This can be done by opening a web browser and browsing to each of the individual web servers, for example, https://RDP-RDGW01.rdpdoc.net/rdweb.

Load Balanced DNS Name

Load Balanced IP Address

rdpweb.rdpdoc.net

10.154.11.51

Also, ensure you have an IP address and DNS available that is used to access the load-balanced RD Web Access environment. In our example, the above information was used.

Ensure that a valid SSL certificate is configured within the RDS deployment which is trusted by the endpoints that is accessing the RD Web Access environment. The SSL certificate can be centrally configured by following the steps below:

  1. Open the Remote Desktop Management Services (RDMS) console.
  2. Open Collections and select Tasks.
  3. Click Edit Deployment Properties.

  4. Select the Certificates tab.
  5. Ensure a valid certificate is selected and (if needed) create a new certificate or select a different certificate.