With a load-balanced RD Session Host server farm, you can scale the performance of a single RD Session Host server by distributing Remote Desktop Services sessions across multiple servers. You can configure a load-balanced farm by using the RD Connection Broker Load Balancing feature, Network Load Balancing (NLB), or a third-party solution. RD Connection Broker also enables a user to reconnect to their existing session in a load-balanced RD Session Host server farm.
This checklist shows the steps that are required to create and configure a load-balanced RD Session Host server farm by using RD Connection Broker Load Balancing.
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To be a member of a farm that uses RD Connection Broker in Windows Server 2008 R2, an RD Session Host server must be running either Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008. |
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Install the RD Connection Broker role service on the server that you want to use to track user sessions for a farm. |
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Add the RD Session Host servers in the farm to the Session Broker Computers local group on the RD Connection Broker server. |
Add Each RD Session Host Server in the Farm to the Session Broker Computers Local Group |
Configure the RD Session Host servers in the farm to join a farm in RD Connection Broker, and to participate in RD Connection Broker Load Balancing. |
Configure an RD Session Host Server to Join a Farm in RD Connection Broker |
Configure DNS round robin entries for RD Session Host servers in the farm. |
For more information about RD Connection Broker, see the Remote Desktop Services page on the Windows Server 2008 R2 TechCenter (