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March 16, 2013
Category: microsoft, rds-2012
Tags: publishing, remote-desktop-services, remoteapp

RDS 2012 Publishing a RemoteApp

This is a quick Post to show how to publish a RemoteApp on RDS 2012.

The PowerShell way:

Load the RemoteDesktop PowerShell Module

import-module RemoteDesktop

Before publishing a new RemoteApp you want to see the available applications:

Get-RDAvailableApp -CollectionName <SessionCollection> -ConnectionBroker <Server FQDN>

Creating a New RemoteApp

_new-rdremoteapp -Alias Wordpad -DisplayName WordPad -FilePath "C:\\Program Files\\Windows NT\\Accessories\\wordpad.exe" -ShowInWebAccess 1 -collectionname <SessionCollection> -ConnectionBroker <Server FQDN>_

The GUI way:

Follow the steps below to publish a RemoteApp:

  1. Select Tasks > Publish RemoteApp Programs

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  1. Select the application you would like to add.

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  1. Confirm that you are happy with the applications you would like to publish.

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As you can see from the screenshot, Wordpad has now been published.

To remove a RemoteApp in PowerShell:

The following PowerShell cmd will remove a RemoteApp.

Remove-RDRemoteApp -CollectionName "Session Collection" -Alias WordPad