Integrating and Supporting RemoteFX for VDI Guests

RemoteFX requires a standard Windows 2012 Remote Desktop Server that also has a Second-Level Address Translator (SLAT)-supported motherboard processor and a RemoteFX-supported GPU video adapter.

To support RemoteFX, it is as simple as having a server with the SLAT-supported processor and the RemoteFX-supported GPU video adapter installed, and then install Windows Server 2012 on the system as an RD Virtualization Host (for VDI-enabled RemoteFX) or set up a system as an RD Session Host server (for RD Session Host-enabled RemoteFX). When Remote Desktop Services is operational, it recognizes that a GPU is available, and RemoteFX is supported.

Specifically, in the configuration of a RemoteFX VDI guest ...

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