
It is highly recommended that you configure more specific firewall rules where possible to only allow inbound traffic from known hosts. Remote Desktop should now be accessible in Windows Server 2019.īy default this will allow all connections in, the same as if we had just enabled it using the GUI steps shown above. Once complete we can use the ‘Enable-NetFirewallRule’ to configure Windows Firewall to allow remote desktop connections in: Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop" While there isn’t currently an explicit PowerShell cmdlet used for enabling remote desktop, we can use the Set-ItemPropery cmdlet to modify the registry value that enables or disables Remote Desktop: Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server' -name "fDenyTSConnections" -value 0 That’s it, remote desktop should now be ready to use! After clicking the refresh button as highlighted below (or pressing F5 on the keyboard), the status should update to Enabled.

From the System Properties window, select “Allow remote connections to this Computer” as shown below.Click on the Disabled text which will open the System Properties window in the Remote tab.You should see that Remote Desktop is listed as Disabled as shown below. You may need to wait a little for it to detect the current state of your system. Within the Server Manager window, select Local Server from the left hand side.By default Server Manager will open when you log in to the GUI, otherwise you can select it from the task bar. If Server Manager does not show here, simply type “Server Manager” into the start menu to search for it.



This can be found by opening the start menu, as shown below. Remote desktop can be enabled through the graphical user interface (GUI) with the following easy steps. Note: In Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition, remote desktop is already enabled by default so you will not need to manually do this. This post will cover how to turn on and enable Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in Windows Server 2019, using either PowerShell or the GUI. By default in Windows Server 2019 remote desktop is disabled.
