Steps to access the Windows Server Core through Remote Desktop

In this blog, We will show you the Steps to access the Windows Server Core through Remote Desktop

OVERVIEW

• We have already installed windows server core in Hyper-V Environment.

“Note: We are using Windows 2016 Data Center core edition for this demo

ENABLE THE REMOTE DESKTOP ACCESS

• Login into server core machine using the administrator credentials.

• By default, Remote Desktop Connection access will be in disabled mode. We can use the in-built Scregedit.wsf to enable the RDP connections on Server Core. This script will be available under %windir%\system32 folder.

• Execute the script to disable the fDenyTSConnections registry value.

cscript %windir%\system32\scregedit.wsf /ar 0

• You can verify the registry entry using the below command.

cscript %windir%\system32\scregedit.wsf /ar /v

• Now the server core is ready to access through Remote Desktop.

ACCESSING THROUGH DESKTOP

• Open the Remote Desktop connection and provide the server core IP and click Connect.

• Provide the administrator credentials and click OK.

• Click Yes to ignore the certificate Warning.

• We are able to access the server core through RDP successfully.

OPENING A NEW COMMAND PROMPT CONSOLE

• If you close the command prompt window in the server core, Press CTRL+ALT+END Key. It will open a new window.

• Select the Task Manager option and press Enter.

• Click on More details option.

• Click on the File menu and select Run new task option.

• Type cmd.exe and Click OK.

• A new command prompt window will be shown up.

VERIFY THE TERMINAL SESSION

• We can use the below command to list the terminal connections.

Syntax: query session /server: <servername or IP>

Example: query session /server:192.168.232.35

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