Step 1: Enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2022 using the Server Manager

To enable Remote Desktop on Windows Server 2022 with the Server Manager, use these steps:

• 1. First, you need to login to the server as a local administrator.
• 2. Open Server Manager. This can be found by opening the start menu, as shown below.
3. Once the Server Manager has opened, click Local Server on the left side. After that click "Disable" next to Remote Desktop. Due to security reasons Remote Desktop is disabled by default.

4. Select Allow remote connections to this Computer in your System properties.
At this point you can optionally add other users by clicking on the “Select Users…” button to define specific users or groups that have permission to connect via remote desktop.

5. Following warning message will appear, advising that this will create the required firewall rules to allow remote desktop traffic in from any source address, select OK to proceed.

6. You may need to refresh the view to change the status of Remote Desktop to Enabled.

Step 2: Install XP/VS Terminal Server

To grant remote access for multiple users on Windows Server 2022 download and install XP/VS Terminal Server as following:

• 1. Download XP/VS Terminal Server from here.
• 2. Open the installation package as local administrator.
• 3. The installation package automatically includes a 14-day trial license. Please make sure to choose at least the Standard version for your trial.

• 4. After successful installation of XP/VS Server you have to reboot your machine.
• 5. You might also want to add additional Remote Desktop users as per default only Administrators can connect on server operating systems.

Once you have completed these steps, you can connect to your computer using any modern Remote Desktop app (recommended). You can also silently install XP/VS Server as described here.

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