====== Windows Remote Desktop Server ======


The GWDG currently operates the following Windows Remote Desktop Servers (Terminal Servers):

  * **GWD-WinTS1** - Office applications, software with a campus license
  * **RDS Manage** - Administration programs for institute administrators in the Active Directory
  * **vCenter Access** - Access to the VMware vCenter Remote Desktop Server for the administration of VMs.
  * **GWD-WinTSBio.top.gwdg.de** - Compute server for statistical applications (SAS, Statistica, Stata, R-Studio-Desktop, Excel) and bioinformatics. A special registration is required to use the computer. Please contact [[support@gwdg.de?subject=Bioinformatik|support@gwdg.de]] with the subject "Bioinformatics". 

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===== Access to the remote desktop servers =====
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\\ The Remote Desktop Servers RDS Manage and vCenter are only accessible via the website **remote-sec.gwdg.de** and this within the GÖNET. If you want to access it from outside, this is currently only possible with a VPN connection via our [[en:services:network_services:vpn:start|VPN server]].

The Remote Desktop Server GWD-WinTS1 is only accessible via the website **remote.gwdg.de**.
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When accessing these pages, you must first log in to the SSO. For Manage RDS and vCenter access, [[en:services:general_services:customer_portal:security:two_factor_authentication|multifactor authentication]] is mandatory. After successful login, either an overview page of the remote desktop servers that you are allowed to access opens or you are forwarded directly to the login window of a server if you are only allowed to access one remote desktop server.

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Enter your user name, password and the domain - in most cases "GWDG".

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\\ To be able to use the **clipboard** correctly during the session, use either **Edge** or **Chrome** as your browser. There you can allow texts and images to be retrieved from the clipboard when logging in.
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===== The Windows Remote Desktop Server "GWD-WinTS1" =====

The Windows Remote Desktop Server GWD-WinTS1 primarily offers software for which campus licenses exist, e.g. Office 2021 and Citavi. You can also use our GWDG printers from there.

All users with a GWDG user ID can log in to the remote desktop server. Students **cannot** use the server.

Access is via a web browser at remote.gwdg.de, which requires mandatory [[en:services:general_services:customer_portal:security:two_factor_authentication|two-factor authentication]].

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\\ Please note:\\
The server is restarted every night at 4:00 am! Back up your data in good time and log out when you have finished your work.
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=====The Windows Remote Desktop Server RDS Manage=====

The Windows Remote Desktop Server **RDS Manage** is the successor to **GWD-WinTS5** and is used exclusively as an administration server for institute administrators.\\
An administrator account is required for access, which is authorized for the server on request.\\
If you do not yet have an administrator account, you can read [[https://portal.idm.gwdg.de/docs/|here (login required)]] how to create one.\\

It is also possible to create an IDM group and have it authorized to access the server. In this way, changes in the team can be mapped independently.\\

Access is possible in a web browser via [[https://remote-sec.gwdg.de|remote-sec.gwdg.de]], in this way a mandatory [[en:services:general_services:customer_portal:security:two_factor_authentication|multifactor authentication]] is carried out.

====Environment====
To manage the computers and users of your institute, you will find on the server:
  * AD Users and Computers
  * Group Policy Management
  * Baramundi Management Center
    * On first use, enter ''gwd-baramundi.top.gwdg.de'' as server
  * Bitdefender
  * Printer Management

By default, the use of the command prompt (cmd.exe) and PowerShell on the server are blocked.\\ \\
It is also not possible to surf the web freely on the server. Only selected pages (e.g. *gwdg.de, *uni-goettingen.de, *microsoft.com) can be accessed.

====Further information====
More detailed information on administration in the Active Directory can be found in the [[https://docs.gwdg.de/doku.php?id=de:services:academy:scripts|Adminfibel]], which is somewhat outdated but still offers helpful pointers. \\ \\
In addition, there is a one-day introduction to the topic in the course "Administration im Active Directory", especially for new and inexperienced institute administrators. The next date can be found in the [[https://academy.gwdg.de/index.xhtml|Kursprogramm]] of the GWDG Academy.


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=====Remote desktop connection with an RDP client to GWD-WinTSBio.top.gwdg.de=====
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\\ This method is **no longer** possible for GWD-WinTS1, RDS Manage and vCenter access!
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The server can be accessed with an RDP client (included in every Windows operating system):

  * **Windows 10 or 11**: enter //Remote Desktop Connection// in the search -> "Show options"; then "Target computer", ''GWDG\//username//'' and enter the password
  * **Linux** users use remmina or xFreeRDP. The syntax for xFreeRDP is: 
''xfreerdp /u:GWDG\\//username// /v:GWD-WinTSBio.top.gwdg.de'' 
   * For **Macintosh** computers, the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client from the App Store is recommended.