So I wanted to retrieve the remoteapps present on VM’s in a uniform way, without logging in to either VM’s or database.<\/p>\n
Using a custom extension, I tried to execute the Get-RDRemoteApp command and got the following:<\/p>\n
Get-RDRemoteApp : A Remote Desktop Services deployment does not exist on\u00a0server<\/i>. This operation can be perfor
\nmed after creating a deployment. For information about creating a deployment<\/p><\/blockquote>\nApparently, all the powershell commands for RDS require that you DON’T run them under SYSTEM. Of course VMExtensions run under SYSTEM. So, to get all remoteapps in a RDS deployment, execute the following Powershell script as VMExtension on a connection broker VM:<\/p>\n
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$farms = get-childitem "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Terminal Server\\CentralPublishedResources\\PublishedFarms"\nforeach($farm in $farms){\n (get-childItem "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\Terminal Server\\CentralPublishedResources\\PublishedFarms\\$($farm.PSChildName)\\Applications").PSChildName\n}\n<\/pre>\nTo register this Powershell script as a VM extension and retrieve the results<\/p>\n
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- Save the above PS code to a file<\/li>\n
- Upload the file somewhere (e.g. public blob storage)<\/li>\n
- Get the URL of the File<\/li>\n
- Use Login-AzureRMAccount<\/li>\n
- Execute\u00a0Set-AzureRmVMCustomScriptExtension -FileUri URL TO SCRIPT -Run FILENAME OF SCRIPT -VMName VMNAME -Name “RetrieveRemoteApps” -ResourceGroupName RESOURCEGROUP NAME -location “westeurope” -ForceRerun $(New-Guid).Guid<\/li>\n
- To retrieve the list (after execution): [regex]::Replace(((Get-AzureRmVMDiagnosticsExtension -ResourceGroupName RESOURCEGROUP NAME -VMName VM NAME -Name “RetrieveRemoteApps” -Status).SubStatuses[0].Message), “\\\\n”, “`n”)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So I wanted to retrieve the remoteapps present on VM’s in a uniform way, without logging in to either VM’s or database. Using a custom extension, I tried to execute the Get-RDRemoteApp command and got the following: Get-RDRemoteApp : A Remote Desktop Services deployment does not exist on\u00a0server. This operation can be perfor med after … Continue reading Getting remoteapps through vm custom extension on Azure session brokers<\/span>