Meraki SM Remote Desktop Service (RDS)

[PabloR]

¿Meraki SM support Remote Desktop Service (RDS), multiple users run a session on a single virtual machine on the same server?.

I have multiple users connected under a VM, and I need different policy for every users.

[Mloraditch]

Can you please explain your need more? What do you need the policies to do? In general SM isn't for managing servers.

[alemabrahao]

If it works like the MX Group Policies when authenticating via AD, it won't work, what will count are the policies for the last user who connected to the machine via RDS.

[BrandonD]

Hi @PabloR,

Brandon from Meraki Support here 🙂 - I can confirm that in its current implementation - Meraki's Windows Profile deployment is designed for Single User enrollments only, and will only update policies when the enrolled user is logged in. More information on this below:

• https://documentation.meraki.com/SM/Device_Enrollment/Windows_Enrollment#Profile_Installation
  • Systems Manager can only push user-level settings (e.g. a payload with restrictions, wifi) to the device if the MDM-enrolled user is currently logged into the device. Other agent based features which do not change user-level settings (such as agent live tools) should work no matter which user is logged in (Agent Features.) 

As for the SM Agent, this is designed as a Windows Service and would function across multiple users if desired. See the difference between Profile vs Agent Features below:

• https://documentation.meraki.com/SM/Device_Enrollment/Systems_Manager_Agent_and_MDM_Profile_Enrollme...

Thanks and hope this helps 🙂