A server manager for a pool of RDS Servers

[kenrick]

Good afternoon,

 

I would like to create a management server using Server 2016 to manage the connections to 3 RDS servers. Can anyone point me in the direction for the best place to start?

 

Thank you very much.

 

Kenrick

[TechMonkey]

Do you mean a Gateway Manager?

[kenrick]

Hi,

 

I am not sure, sorry. I am looking for something to manage the workload of the 3 RDS servers in a round robin fashion or, diverting users to a server that is least busy.

 

Hope this makes sense.

 

Kenrick

[TechMonkey]

Yes, you want Remote Desktop Gateway. I would be very careful though, if you are using M365, I would also consider researching Azure Application Proxy. This will hide your RDS system behind M365 and authenticate against it, stopping the services being publicly open.

[kenrick]

Thank you TechMonkey. No we are not currently using M365, currently just RDS Servers through our Sonicwall. Can you point me in the directions of any documentation on how to set it up please?

[TechMonkey]

Been a while since I set it up but these instructions look right https://www.riptidehosting.com/blog/installing-the-remote-desktop-gateway-role-rdgw-on-windows-server-2019/