After following the implementation steps in the previous section, follow the steps below to test the load-balanced RD Gateway environment:

  1. Open an RDP connection to the RDS 2012 deployment. This can be performed in various ways:

    • Use RD Web Access. Refer to the Load Balancing Remote Desktop Web Access section.

    • Use the Remote App and Desktop Connections (RADC) as part of the Control Panel.

    • Manually create a .RDP file.

      Note: Ensure to leverage the RD gateway. Remember that the RD Gateway can also be configured to be bypassed when a direct RDP connection to the RD Session Hosts is possible. Either test from a client that you have confirmed is not able to connect to the RD Session Hosts directly, or configure your RDP settings to always use the RD Gateway.
  2. After opening a connection, in the main menu of the LoadMaster WUI, select Statistics.

  3. Click Virtual Services.
    Note: This overview shows the active sessions, sessions over the last hour, in addition to how many requests each Real Server handled.

  4. Open another web browser on a different client and perform steps 1 and 2 above.
  5. Refresh the LoadMaster statistics page. Notice that, based on the load balancing method selected, load is spread over both RD Gateway servers.

    To ensure that the new HTTP-based transport protocol of the RD Gateway on Windows Server 2012 is being leveraged, follow the steps below:

  6. Log in to the RD Gateway Server that holds the active test session.

  7. Open Administrative Tools and then Remote Desktop Gateway Manager.
  8. Expand your RD Gateway server and click Monitoring.
  9. Confirm that your active session uses HTTP as the Transport, and not RPC-HTTP.