This is a known issue as described by Microsoft here: What if you need to disable TLS 1.0 on a Windows Server 2012 R2 machine but you have Remote Desktop Services configured? You might find out when you disable TLS 1.0 that RDP will stop working and the Remote Desktop Connection Broker service will fail to start.Īfter googling around for an hour I found that the reason RDP stops working and the Remote Desktop Connection Broker service fails to start is because when RDS is configured without HA it uses Windows Internal Database (WID) as a back-end which does not support TLS 1.1/TLS1.2. You'll need this later.Disable TLS 1.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 with Remote Desktop Services configured Make note of the name of this PC under How to connect to this PC.

When you're ready, select Start > Settings > System > Remote Desktop, and turn on Enable Remote Desktop. To check this, go to Start > Settings > System > About and look for Edition. For info on how to get Windows 10 Pro, go to Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro. Select the remote PC name that you added, and then wait for the connection to complete. On your Windows, Android, or iOS device: Open the Remote Desktop app (available for free from Microsoft Store, Google Play, and the Mac App Store), and add the name of the PC that you want to connect to (from Step 1). In Remote Desktop Connection, type the name of the PC you want to connect to (from Step 1), and then select Connect.

On your local Windows PC: In the search box on the taskbar, type Remote Desktop Connection, and then select Remote Desktop Connection. Use Remote Desktop to connect to the PC you set up: Make note of the name of this PC under PC name. Then, under System, select Remote Desktop, set Remote Desktop to On, and then select Confirm. When you're ready, select Start, and open Settings. Then, under System, select About, and under Windows specifications, look for Edition. For info on how to get Windows 11 Pro, go to Upgrade Windows Home to Windows Pro. To check this, select Start, and open Settings. Set up the PC you want to connect to so it allows remote connections:

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